War of Attrition: Fighting the First World War

by William Philpott and William J. Philpott

Book Overview

Drawing on the experience of front line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians, and diplomats, War of Attrition explains for the first time why and how this new type of conflict was fought as it was fought; and how the attitudes and actions of political and military leaders, and the willing responses of their peoples, stamped the twentieth century with unprecedented carnage on--and behind--the battlefield.

War of Attrition also establishes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146830268X
• ISBN13: 9781468302684
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher