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Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War
As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods.
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Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War
As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods.
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Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War
As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods.
Brigadier General (Ret.) Robert A. Doughty served as Professor and Head of the Department of History at the United States Military Academy from 1985 to 2005.
Table of Contents
Contents List of Maps Preface Introduction 1. The Transformation of the French Army 2. The War of Movement, 1914 3. Siege Warfare, 1914–1915 4. An Offensive Strategy,May–October 1915 5. The Search for Strategic Alternatives, 1915–1916 6. A Strategy of Attrition, 1916 7. A Strategy of Decisive Battle, Early 1917 8. A Strategy of “Healing” and Defense, Late 1917 9. Responding to a German Offensive, Spring 1918 10. A Strategy of Opportunism Conclusion: The “Misery” of Victory Abbreviations Notes Essay on Sources Index
What People are Saying About This
Robert Doughty has at last brought the French Army to its proper place in the historiography of the First World War: at the heart of the military operations on the Western Front. This represents one of the most important contributions to the history of the war in the last fifty years.
Dennis Showalter
Pyrrhic Victory is the first work to address comprehensively the strategic planning and the operational execution that shaped World War I. Doughty makes an eloquent case for the strength and flexibility of the French Third Republic as it confronted a mortal challenge. He brings an intellectual force and clarity of expression, as well as a gifted professional soldier's understanding of French aims and intentions. This long-awaited work will stand as the definitive account of French strategy in the Great War. --(Dennis Showalter author of Patton and Rommel)
Hew Strachan
Doughty fills a glaring gap in the literature on World War I with a magisterial book. He is very good on the French army's commanders, balanced but incisive in his judgments, and particularly revealing on the tensions between Petain and Foch. --(Hew Strachan, author of The First World War)
Dennis Showalter author of Patton and Rommel
Pyrrhic Victory is the first work to address comprehensively the strategic planning and the operational execution that shaped World War I. Doughty makes an eloquent case for the strength and flexibility of the French Third Republic as it confronted a mortal challenge. He brings an intellectual force and clarity of expression, as well as a gifted professional soldier's understanding of French aims and intentions. This long-awaited work will stand as the definitive account of French strategy in the Great War.
Williamson Murray
Robert Doughty has at last brought the French Army to its proper place in the historiography of the First World War: at the heart of the military operations on the Western Front. This represents one of the most important contributions to the history of the war in the last fifty years. --(Williamson Murray, co-author of A War to Be Won)
