Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War: The Supreme War Council and War Planning, 1917-1918

by Meighen McCrae

When the Germans requested an armistice in October 1918, it was a shock to the Allied political and military leadership. They had been expecting, and planning for, the war to continue into 1919, the year they hoped to achieve a complete military victory over the Central Powers. Meighen McCrae illuminates how, throughout this planning process, the Supreme War Council evolved to become the predominant mechanism for coalition war-making. She analyses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108475302
• ISBN13: 9781108475303
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.2"