Victory, 1918

When an armistice was finally signed in the forest of Compiegne outside of Paris, the Great War had shuddered to an end, but not before it had been fought on three continents, three oceans, and nine seas. Studies of World War I tend to focus on the Western front, the muddy trenches of France and Bel...

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Main Author: Palmer, Alan 1926- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grove Press 1998
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Dover, 3 August 1914
  • Widening the War
  • Paris, Athens, Rome
  • 'If We Lose Egypt, We Lose the War'
  • Orgies of Slaughter
  • A Victory While You Wait
  • Associated Power
  • A Bull Amid the Camels
  • Jerusalem Before Christmas
  • Caporetto and After
  • Plans for Peace and for War
  • The Emperor's Battle
  • Outlying Theatres
  • The Flowing Tide
  • Balkan Express
  • Roads to Damascus
  • 'Every Day Lost . . .'
  • Mudros, Padua, Belgrade
  • 'Hostilities Will Cease at 11 a.m.'
  • Peacemaking?