MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009005687
003 DLC
005 20100308103039.0
008 090209s2009 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009005687
020 $a9781400066711 (alk. paper)
020 $a1400066719 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn304387222
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050 00 $aD543.M3$bH477 2009
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100 1 $aHerwig, Holger H.
245 14 $aThe Marne, 1914 :$bthe opening of World War I and the battle that changed the world /$cHolger H. Herwig.
246 1 $iPre-publication title:$aThe battle of the Marne, 1914
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2009.
300 $axix, 391 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWar: now or never -- Let slip the dogs of war -- Death in the Vosges -- The bloody road west: Liege to Louvain -- Deadly deadlock: The Ardennes -- Squandered climacterics -- To the Marne -- Climax: The Ourcq -- Decision: The Marne.
520 $aIt is one of the essential events of military history, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars. This is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, giving, for the first time, all sides of the story. Military historian Holger H. Herwig reinterprets Germany's aggressive Schlieffen Plan as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted war against superior coalitions. He also provides cameos of the important players. In remarkable detail, and with exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Herwig re-creates the dramatic battle, revealing how the uncoordinated German forces were foiled and years of brutal trench warfare were made inevitable.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aMarne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914.