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100 1 $aDoughty, Robert A.
245 10 $aPyrrhic victory :$bFrench strategy and operations in the Great War /$cRobert A. Doughty.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$c2005.
300 $axiii, 578 pages :$bmaps ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 565-571) and index.
505 0 $a1. The transformation of the French army -- 2. The war of movement, 1914 -- 3. Siege warfare, 1914-1915 -- 4. An offensive strategy, May-October 1914-1915 -- 5. The search for strategic alternatives, 1915-1916 -- 6. A strategy of attrition -- 7. A strategy of decisive battle, early 1917 -- 8. A strategy of "healing" and defense, late 1917 -- 9. Responding to a German offensive, spring 1918 -- 10. A strategy of opportunism -- Conclusion : the "misery" of victory.
520 $aContains primary source material.
520 $a"As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods. French leaders, favoring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts around the periphery of the German, Austrian, and Ottoman empires and eventually break the enemy's defenses. But France did not have sufficient resources to push the Germans back from the Western Front and attack elsewhere. The offensives they launched proved costly, and their tactical and operational methods ranged from remarkably effective to disastrously ineffective. Using extensive archival research, Doughty explains why France pursued a multi-front strategy and why it launched numerous operations as part of that strategy. He also casts new light on France's efforts to develop successful weapons and methods and the attempts to use them in operations."--Jacket.
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