The Greater War: Other Combatants and Other Fronts, 1914–1918

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
The Battle of the Ardennes, August 1914: France’s Lost Opportunity....Pages 7-25
‘Only Inaction Is Disgraceful’: French Operations Under Joffre, 1914–1916....Pages 26-45
The Influence of Industry on the Use and Development of Artillery....Pages 46-63
Missed Opportunity? The French Tanks in the Nivelle Offensive....Pages 64-81
Applying Colonial Lessons to European War: The British Expeditionary Force 1902–1914....Pages 82-100
Jan Smuts, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in German East Africa....Pages 101-122
The Egyptian Expeditionary Force and the Battles for Jerusalem: Command and Tactics in the Judaean Hills, November–December 1917....Pages 123-140
A Picture of German Unity? Federal Contingents in the German Army, 1916–1917....Pages 141-160
Out of the Trenches: Hitler, Wagner and German National Regeneration After the Great War 1914–1918....Pages 161-176
Training, Morale and Battlefield Performance in the Italian Army, 1914–1917....Pages 177-194
Seasoning the US 2nd Infantry Division....Pages 195-216
From the Essex to the Dresden: British Grand Strategy in the South Pacific, 1814–1915....Pages 217-234
Attrition: How the War Was Fought and Won....Pages 235-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-260