Verdun
The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918
$47.47
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2014
Summary
Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Perfect for military history buffs, this compelling account of one of World War I’s most important battles explains why it is also the most complex and misunderstood.
Although British historians have always seen Verdun as a one-year battle designed by the German chief of staff to bleed France white, historian John Mosier’s careful analysis of the German plans…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451414632 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0451414632 |
| Author: | John Mosier |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | New American Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“Mr. Mosier [is] one of the more entertainingly contrarian military historians writing today.”- The Washington Times
Praise for John Mosier’s military histories “Mr. Mosier [is] one of the more entertainingly contrarian military historians writing today.”–The Washington Times
“The author knows his military history, strategy, and tactics…packed with evidence, much of it ingeniously obtained and argued.” –The Washington Post on The Myth of the Great War
“This provocative book tosses military-history hand grenades on almost every page, challenging just about every generally held notion about World War II.”–Forbes on The Blitzkrieg Myth
“A dramatic departure from the conventional wisdom…a dramatic chronicle of the most brutal theater in the most brutal war in one of history’s most brutal centuries…This is a clear-eyed, compelling description of a battle that has been described many times, but seldom with such an ironic eye.”–The Boston Globe on Hitler vs. Stalin
“There is much in the work I really admire, not least its brilliant recasting of the traditional military narrative.”–Niall Ferguson on The Myth of the Great War
John Mosier
John Mosier, who earned his Ph.D. at Tulane University, is a professor at Loyola University in New Orleans, where he teaches courses in film, modern European literature, and the 18th-century novel. His books on the World Wars, including Verdun, The Myth of the Great War, and Hitler vs. Stalin, have given him a reputation as a leading revisionist historian.
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