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Catastrophe 1914 : Europe goes to war / Max Hastings.
- Title
- Catastrophe 1914 : Europe goes to war / Max Hastings.
- Author
- Hastings, Max
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2013].
- ©2013.
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| Text | Request in advance | D511 .H37 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxxvii, 628 pages : black & white illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- A 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.
- Uniform Title
- Catastrophe
- Alternative Title
- Catastrophe
- 1914 : Europe goes to war
- Europe goes to war
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Originally published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2013 as: Catastrophe.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-603) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1914 chronology -- The organisation of armies in 1914 -- Sarajevo -- 'A feeling that events are in the air' -- The descent to war -- 'The superb spectacle of the world bursting into flames' -- Disaster on the Drina -- Death with flags and trumpets -- The British flight -- The retreat -- Tannenberg : 'Alas, how many thousands lie there bleeding!' -- The hour of Joffre -- The nemesis of Moltke -- 'Poor devils, they fought their ships like men' -- Three armies in Poland -- 'Did you ever dance with him?' -- Open country, open sky -- Ypres : 'Something that was completely hopeless' -- 'War becomes the scourge of mankind' -- Mudlife -- Silent night, holy night.
- ISBN
- 9780307597052 (hbk.) :
- 0307597059 (hbk.)
- 9780307743831 (pbk.)
- 0307743837 (pbk.)
- 9780385351225 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
- 0385351224 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2013027865
- OCLC
- 828893101
- SCSB-12688900
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library