The Myth of the Great War - A New Military History Of World War 1

This challenging and controversial analysis of the war on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918 reveals how and why the Germans consistently defeated the French and the British with one-half to one-third fewer casualties than the Allies, and how American troops in 1918 saved the Allies from defeat and a negotiated peace with the Germans. Based on a decade of research into previously unused French and German sources, The Myth of the Great War shows what actually happened at the front as the participants perceived it at the time, as opposed to what French and British commanders and governments claimed. John Mosier, who visited all the major battlefields, describes and analyzes campaigns that are routinely neglected or ignored and shows why conventional accounts of such major battles as Verdun are incorrect. He explains how German tactics, weapons, training, and leadership were consistently superior, and why the endless, ineffective attacks of the French and British with inferior weapons and battle tactics of the previous century resulted in mindless slaughter and defeat. Mosier also discusses the major military leaders on both sides ' including Joffre, Petain, Foch, Gallieni, French, Haig, Wilson, Moltke, Ludendorff, Falkenhayn, Mudra, and Pershing. The French and British military controlled, suppressed, and manipulated all battlefield reports. German losses were magnified; failures became successes, defeats victories. Allied intelligence was grossly inaccurate and inadequate, and the result was a distorted picture of what was really happening. Absorbing and persuasive, The Myth of the Great War is a striking new assessment of the military realities of World War I.

Product details

• Authors: Ltd Literary Agency East, Ltd. Literary Agency East, Literary Group International, John Mosier
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2001
• EAN: 9780060196769
• ISBN: 978-0-06-019676-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Europe, France, European History, Germany, First World War, military history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of Education, United States of America, USA, Western Europe, History of the Americas, Military and defence strategy, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: MILITARY, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY: Europe / Germany, HISTORY: Europe / Western, HISTORY: Europe / General, HISTORY: Europe / France, HISTORY: Military / Strategy, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War I, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front, HISTORY / Military