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Collision of empires : the war on the Eastern Front in 1914 / Prit Buttar.
- Title
- Collision of empires : the war on the Eastern Front in 1914 / Prit Buttar.
- Author
- Buttar, Prit
- Publication
- Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | D550 .B88 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 472 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- An account of the battles fought on the Eastern Front during World War I reveals how delays in adapting to a modern war and inadequacies in supply and support arrangements brought about the downfall of all three warring empires.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-457) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The German war machine -- The Russian steamroller -- Austria-Hungary: the other sick man of Europe -- Over the brink -- The first battles: Stallupönen and Gumbinnen -- Crisis of command -- Tannenberg -- The illusion of victory: Galicia, August 1914 -- The battle for the Masurian Lakes -- The reality of defeat: Galicia, September 1914 -- A bloody sideshow: the Siberian front -- Mud and blood: Autumn in Poland -- Łódź -- The first Christmas -- Disappointments and illusions.
- ISBN
- 9781782006480
- 1782006486
- 9781782009726 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781782009719 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2014466700
- OCLC
- 858956311
- SCSB-11384013
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library