03547cam a2200613 4500 330325072 TxAuBib 20170805120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483073590 1483073599 de1b6d82-e8e5-4c7e-947f-3767a836c94a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982515881 1376867 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914 [Libby Audiobook] : Europe Goes to War. Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2013. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 699MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 699MB. twentieth century. Western Front. Eastern Front. 20th Century. World War I. Trenches. strategy. fighting. germany. Soldier. battles. Belgium. Galicia. serbia. Modern. France. ypres. Marne. WWI. HTML:<p>From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I—from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches</p> <p>World War I immediately evokes images of the trenches—grinding, halting battles that sacrificed millions of lives for no territory or visible gain. Yet the first months of the war, from the German invasion of Belgium to the Marne to Ypres, were utterly different—full of advances and retreats, tactical maneuvering, and significant gains and losses. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings re-creates this dramatic year, from the diplomatic crisis to the fighting in Belgium and France on the western front and Serbia and Galicia to the east. He gives vivid accounts of the battles and frank assessments of generals and political leaders, and shows why it was inevitable that this first war among modern industrial nations could not produce a decisive victory, resulting in a war of attrition. Throughout we encounter high officials and average soldiers, as well as civilians on the home front, giving us a vivid portrait of how a continent became embroiled in a war that would change everything.</p>. Nonfiction. Politics. Military. History. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-10-06 16:16:45. Vance, Simon. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1376867-Catastrophe1914.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1376867-Catastrophe1914.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DE1B6D82-E8E5-4C7E-947F-3767A836C94A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1376867-Catastrophe1914.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1376867-Catastrophe1914.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DE1B6D82-E8E5-4C7E-947F-3767A836C94A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)