The Rocky Road to the Great War: The Evolution of Trench Warfare to 1914

by Nicholas Murray

Nicholas Murray's The Rocky Road to the Great War examines the evolution of field fortification theory and practice between 1877 and 1914. The technical and intellectual developments during this period were critical to the nature of the First World War. It is well known that the technology of the defensive (machine guns, barbed wire, and artillery) had become much more powerful in the decades prior to 1914. The challenge this combination of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597975532
• ISBN13: 9781597975537
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"