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Artillery in the Great War
Paul Strong
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Description for Artillery in the Great War
Paperback. * Incisive new study of artillery tactics throughout the Great War * Compares artillery tactics of the principal belligerent nations - Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Ital, Turkey, the United States * Detailed reconstructions of the role of artillery in key battles including Le Cateau, the Somme, Valenciennes Num Pages: 246 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Artillery was the decisive weapon of the Great War - it dominated the battlefields. Yet the history of artillery during the conflict has been neglected, and its impact on the fighting is inadequately understood. Paul Strong and Sanders Marble, in this important and highly readable study, seek to balance the account. Their work shows that artillery was central to the tactics of the belligerent nations throughout the long course of the conflict, in attack and in defence. They describe, in vivid detail, how in theory and practice the use of artillery developed in different ways among the opposing ... Read more
Artillery was the decisive weapon of the Great War - it dominated the battlefields. Yet the history of artillery during the conflict has been neglected, and its impact on the fighting is inadequately understood. Paul Strong and Sanders Marble, in this important and highly readable study, seek to balance the account. Their work shows that artillery was central to the tactics of the belligerent nations throughout the long course of the conflict, in attack and in defence. They describe, in vivid detail, how in theory and practice the use of artillery developed in different ways among the opposing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
475g
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783030125
SKU
V9781783030125
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Ref
99-4
About Paul Strong
Paul Edward Strong is a government researcher and historian whose work has focused on the evolution of command systems throughout history. He has made a special study of the coordination of the offensives of 1918 and is currently writing a study of warfare, governance and the role of leadership. Sanders Marble is a historian based at the US Army's Office ... Read more
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