Paths of Glory: The French Army 1914 - 1918

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Clayton was Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst for 29 years (1965-94). One of Britain's leading military historians, he was made a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques in 1988 in recognition of his expertise in French military history. Klappentext World War I from the French point of view: the first ever account in English Anthony Clayton is an acknowledged expert on the French military and his book is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the First World War. He reveals why and how the French army fought as it did. He profiles its senior commanders - Joffre, Petain, Nivelle and Foch - and analyses its major campaigns both on the Western Front and in the Near East and Africa. PATHS OF GLORY also considers in detail the officers, how they kept their trenches and how men from very different areas of France fought and died together. He scrutinises the make-up and performance of France's large colonial armies and investigates the mutinies of 1917. Ultimately, he reveals how the traumatic French experience of the 1914-18 war indelibly shaped a nation.World War I from the French point of view: the first ever account in English Zusammenfassung World War I from the French point of view: the first ever account in English

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Clayton
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.04.2005
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780304366521
• ISBN: 978-0-304-36652-1
• Pages: 240
• Dimensions (packing): 13 x 20 x 2.5 cm
• Series: CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS > 08; Cassell Military Paperback; CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS; Cassell Military; W&N Military
• Subjects: European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, Western Front, really readable history, history of the French army, french military, World War I from the French point of view