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The guns of August / Barbara W. Tuchman
Livre
Edité par Ballantine. New York ; Presidio Press - 2004 - 1st Presidio Press Mass Market ed.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning recreation of the powderkeg that was Europe during the crucial first thirty days of World War I traces the actions of statesmen and patriots alike in Berlin, London, St. Petersburg, and Paris
Foreword / Robert K. Massie. Plans: "Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve" "; Shadow of Sedan; Single British soldier ... "; Russian steam roller. Outbreak: August 1, Berlin; August 1, Paris and London; Ultimatum in Brussels; "Home before the leaves fall". Battle: "Goeben ... an enemy then flying; Liege and alsace; BEF to the Continent; Sambre et meuse; Debacle, lorrane, ardennes, charleroi, mons; "Cossacks are coming!"; Tannenberg; Flames of Louvain; Blue water, blockade, and the great neutral; Retreat; Front is Paris; Von Kluck's turn; "Gentlemen, we will fight on the Marne". Afterword.
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