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Breaking Point of the French Army: The Nivelle Offensive of 1917
David Murphy
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Description for Breaking Point of the French Army: The Nivelle Offensive of 1917
Hardback. An in-depth reassessment of the disastrous 1917 French offensive on the Western Front. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
In December 1916 General Robert Nivelle was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French armies fighting the Germans on the Western Front. He had enjoyed a meteoric rise to high command and public acclaim since the beginning of the war - he was a national hero. In return, he proclaimed he 'had the formula' that would ensure victory and end the conflict in 1917. But his offensive was a bloody and humiliating failure for France, one that could have opened the way for French defeat. This is the subject of David Murphy's penetrating, in-depth study of one of the key events in ... Read more
In December 1916 General Robert Nivelle was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French armies fighting the Germans on the Western Front. He had enjoyed a meteoric rise to high command and public acclaim since the beginning of the war - he was a national hero. In return, he proclaimed he 'had the formula' that would ensure victory and end the conflict in 1917. But his offensive was a bloody and humiliating failure for France, one that could have opened the way for French defeat. This is the subject of David Murphy's penetrating, in-depth study of one of the key events in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
523g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781592922
SKU
V9781781592922
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About David Murphy
DAVID MURPHY lectures in military history and strategic studies at Maynooth University, Ireland. He was a major contributor to the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography, and has taught at University College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin. He became the first Irish scholar to be awarded a fellowship to the West Point Summer Seminar in Military History. He has ... Read more
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