Horne, Alistair.
The price of glory : Verdun, 1916 Alistair Horne. - Abridged ed. - Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1964. - 364 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 2 maps, 2 plans, ports. ; 18 cm.
World War 1. Battle of Verdun (BNB/PRECIS). This ed. originally published: 1964. Includes index.
La Debacle --
Joffre of the Marne --
Falkenhayn --
Operation Gericht --
The waiting machine --
The first day --
The fall of Colonel Driant --
Break-through --
Fort Douaumont --
De Castelnau decides --
Petain --
The take-over --
Reappraisals --
The mort homme --
Widening horizons --
In another country --
The air battle --
The Crown Prince --
The triumvirate --
May cup --
Fort Vaux --
Danger signals --
The secret enemies --
The crisis --
Falkenhayn dismissed --
The counterstrokes --
The new leader --
Aftermath --
Epilogue --
Bibliography of principal sources
Examination of the battle, its leadership, and far-reaching consequences.
0140022155 (pbk.) 9780140022155 (pbk.)
Verdun, Battle of, Verdun--France--1916.
940.427 Hor 15
The price of glory : Verdun, 1916 Alistair Horne. - Abridged ed. - Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1964. - 364 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 2 maps, 2 plans, ports. ; 18 cm.
World War 1. Battle of Verdun (BNB/PRECIS). This ed. originally published: 1964. Includes index.
La Debacle --
Joffre of the Marne --
Falkenhayn --
Operation Gericht --
The waiting machine --
The first day --
The fall of Colonel Driant --
Break-through --
Fort Douaumont --
De Castelnau decides --
Petain --
The take-over --
Reappraisals --
The mort homme --
Widening horizons --
In another country --
The air battle --
The Crown Prince --
The triumvirate --
May cup --
Fort Vaux --
Danger signals --
The secret enemies --
The crisis --
Falkenhayn dismissed --
The counterstrokes --
The new leader --
Aftermath --
Epilogue --
Bibliography of principal sources
Examination of the battle, its leadership, and far-reaching consequences.
0140022155 (pbk.) 9780140022155 (pbk.)
Verdun, Battle of, Verdun--France--1916.
940.427 Hor 15