The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
This book is more than a chronicle of the facts of battle. It is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the men who fought at Verdun, and it also shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War--a key to the minds of those who waged it, to the traditions that bound them, and to the world that created them. Continuously in print for over thirty years, this unabridged edition contains a new preface and additional photographs.\ \ The 10-month-long...
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This book is more than a chronicle of the facts of battle. It is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the men who fought at Verdun, and it also shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War--a key to the minds of those who waged it, to the traditions that bound them, and to the world that created them. Continuously in print for over thirty years, this unabridged edition contains a new preface and additional photographs.
The Price Of Glory Preface\ 1. La Débâcle\ 2. Joffre of the Marne\ 3. Falkenhayn\ 4. Operation Gericht\ 5. The Waiting Machine\ 6. The First Day\ 7. The Fall of Colonel Driant\ 8. Breakthrough\ 9. Fort Douaumont\ 10. De Castelnau Decides\ 11. Pétain\ 12. The Take-over\ 13. Reappraisals\ 14. The Mort Homme\ 15. Widening Horizons\ 16. In Another Country\ 17. The Air Battle\ 18. The Crown Prince\ 19. the Triumvirate\ 20. 'May Cup'\ 21. Fort Vaux\ 22. Danger Signals\ 23. The Secret Enemies\ 24. The Crisis\ 25. Falkenhayn Dismissed\ 26. The Counterstrokes\ 27. The New Leader\ 28. Aftermath\ Epilogue Bibliography of Principal Sources Reference Notes Index
