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100	1		_aHastings, Max _eauthor. _0(DLC)n 79055703
245	1	0	_aCatastrophe 1914 : _bEurope goes to war / _cMax Hastings.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2013.
264		1	_a[Place of publication not identified] : _b[Publisher not identified], _c2013.
300			_axxxvii, 628 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
380			_aBook _2tlcgt
385			_aGeneral _2tlctarget
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 595-603) and index.
520			_a"From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches. World War I immediately evokes images of the trenches: grinding, halting battles that sacrificed millions of lives for no territory or visible gain. Yet the first months of the war, from the German invasion of Belgium to the Marne to Ypres, were utterly different, full of advances and retreats, tactical maneuvering, and significant gains and losses. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings re-creates this dramatic year, from the diplomatic crisis to the fighting in Belgium and France on the Western front, and Serbia and Galicia to the east. He gives vivid accounts of the battles and frank assessments of generals and political leaders, and shows why it was inevitable that this first war among modern industrial nations could not produce a decisive victory, making a war of attrition inevitable. Throughout we encounter high officials and average soldiers, as well as civilians on the homefront, giving us a vivid portrait of how a continent became embroiled in a war that would change everything"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xCauses. _0(DLC)sh2007004505
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / World War I. _2bisacsh _0(local)tlcaut1025197150888700
650		7	_aHISTORY / Europe / General. _2bisacsh _0(local)tlcaut1028360764421800
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. _2bisacsh _0(local)tlcaut1028232091955400
651		0	_aEurope _xHistory _yJuly Crisis, 1914. _0(DLC)sh 85045631
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://9780307597052.jpg
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