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From your acclaimed military services historian, a fresh history of the outbreak of World Conflict I - from the break down of diplomacy to the dramatic battlesthat occurred prior to the battle bogged down in the trenches. World Conflict I immediately evokes images of the trenches - grinding, halting fights that sacrificed millions of lives for no territory orvisible gain. The first a few months of the battle, from the German invasion of Belgium to the Marne to Ypres, were absolutely different - filled with improvements andretreats, tactical maneuvering, and significant profits and loss. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings re-creates this dramatic yr, from the diplomatic crisis to the fighting in Belgium and France on the european front and Serbia and Galicia to the east. He provides vibrant accounts of the fights and frank assessments of generals and political market leaders, and shows why it was inescapable that this first battle among modern industrial nations could not create a decisive victory, resulting in a battle of attrition. Throughout we encounter high officers and average troops, as well as civilians on the home front, giving us a vibrant portrait of how a continent became embroiled in a battle that would change everything.
