Victory through coalition : Britain and France during the First World War /
Greenhalgh, Elizabeth.
Victory through coalition : Britain and France during the First World War / Elizabeth Greenhalgh. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps - Cambridge military histories . - Cambridge military histories. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-296) and index.
Coalition warfare and the Franco-British alliance -- Command, 1914-1915 -- The Battle of the Somme, 1916 -- Liaison, 1914-1916 -- The Allied response to the German submarine -- Command, 1917 -- The creation of the Supreme War Council -- The German offensives of 1918 and the crisis in command -- The Allies counter-attack -- Politics and bureaucracy of supply -- Coalition as a defective mechanism?
"Germany's invasion of France in August 1914 represented a threat to the Great Power status of both Britain and France. The two countries had no history of cooperation, yet the entente they had created in 1904 proceeded by trial and error, via recriminations, to win a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity. Elizabeth Greenhalgh here examines the huge problem of finding a suitable command relationship in the field and in the two capitals. She details the civil-military relations on each side, the political and military relations between the two powers, the maritime and industrial collaborations that were indispensable to an industrialised war effort and the Allied prosecution of war on the Western Front. Although it was not until 1918 that many of the war-winning expedients were adopted, Dr Greenhalgh shows that victory was ultimately achieved because of, rather than in spite of, coalition."--Publisher's description
English.
9780511497032 (electronic bk.) 0511497032 (electronic bk.) 0511137532 (electronic bk.) 9780511137532 (electronic bk.) 051113536X 9780511135361 051113441X (electronic bk.) 9780511134418 (electronic bk.) 9780521853842 (hardback) 0521853842 (hardback) 128028420X 9781280284205 9786610284207 6610284202 0511311842 (e-book) 9780511311840 (e-book) 1107154928 9781107154926 0511201737 9780511201738 9780521096294 (paperback) 0521096294 (Cloth)
GBA579491 bnb
Uk
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--France.
World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918--France.
HISTORY--Military--World War I.
Military relations.
France--Military relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Military relations--France.
France--Relations militaires--Grande-Bretagne.
France.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D544 / .G75 2005 D548 / .G74 2005eb
940.332
Victory through coalition : Britain and France during the First World War / Elizabeth Greenhalgh. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps - Cambridge military histories . - Cambridge military histories. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-296) and index.
Coalition warfare and the Franco-British alliance -- Command, 1914-1915 -- The Battle of the Somme, 1916 -- Liaison, 1914-1916 -- The Allied response to the German submarine -- Command, 1917 -- The creation of the Supreme War Council -- The German offensives of 1918 and the crisis in command -- The Allies counter-attack -- Politics and bureaucracy of supply -- Coalition as a defective mechanism?
"Germany's invasion of France in August 1914 represented a threat to the Great Power status of both Britain and France. The two countries had no history of cooperation, yet the entente they had created in 1904 proceeded by trial and error, via recriminations, to win a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity. Elizabeth Greenhalgh here examines the huge problem of finding a suitable command relationship in the field and in the two capitals. She details the civil-military relations on each side, the political and military relations between the two powers, the maritime and industrial collaborations that were indispensable to an industrialised war effort and the Allied prosecution of war on the Western Front. Although it was not until 1918 that many of the war-winning expedients were adopted, Dr Greenhalgh shows that victory was ultimately achieved because of, rather than in spite of, coalition."--Publisher's description
English.
9780511497032 (electronic bk.) 0511497032 (electronic bk.) 0511137532 (electronic bk.) 9780511137532 (electronic bk.) 051113536X 9780511135361 051113441X (electronic bk.) 9780511134418 (electronic bk.) 9780521853842 (hardback) 0521853842 (hardback) 128028420X 9781280284205 9786610284207 6610284202 0511311842 (e-book) 9780511311840 (e-book) 1107154928 9781107154926 0511201737 9780511201738 9780521096294 (paperback) 0521096294 (Cloth)
GBA579491 bnb
Uk
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--France.
World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918--France.
HISTORY--Military--World War I.
Military relations.
France--Military relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Military relations--France.
France--Relations militaires--Grande-Bretagne.
France.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D544 / .G75 2005 D548 / .G74 2005eb
940.332