The Campaign of the Marne |
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| Author:
| Tyng, Sewell |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59416-042-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Publisher: | Westholme Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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The Definitive Account of the Battle of the Marne, One of World War I's Most Important Events "A masterly account of the First World War in the West."--John Keegan
"A distinguished piece of historical writing."--Journal of Modern History
"Admirable... clear and interesting."--Foreign Affairs
"Direct and clear... it lays bare a most complicated course of events so that even the...
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The Definitive Account of the Battle of the Marne, One of World War I's Most Important Events
"A masterly account of the First World War in the West."--John Keegan
"A distinguished piece of historical writing."--Journal of Modern History
"Admirable... clear and interesting."--Foreign Affairs
"Direct and clear... it lays bare a most complicated course of events so that even the layman can follow."--New Republic
Named as One of The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century
In The Campaign of the Marne, the entire genesis of the Schlieffen Plan, its modification, implementation, and the complex series of grueling battles that followed is laid out with the intent to make the entire episode comprehensible to the general reader. Hailed as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of the twentieth century by eminent military historian John Keegan, this is the first time the book has been available since its original publication in 1935.