{"product_id":"victory-through-coalition-britain-and-france-during-the-first-world-war-hardback-9780521853842","title":"Victory through Coalition; Britain and France during the First World War (Hardback) 9780521853842","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVictory through Coalition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBritain and France during the First World War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book re-examines the course of the First World War through the lens of the Franco-British coalition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Greenhalgh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521853842, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 December 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e322 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  3 maps  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...well-researched account of Franco-British coalition warfare that would be of interest to historians and general readers alike.\" -Werner D. Lippert, The Historian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGermany's invasion of France in August 1914 represented a threat to the great power status of both Britain and France. The countries had no history of co-operation, yet the entente they had created in 1904 proceeded by trial and error, via recriminations, to win a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity. Elizabeth Greenhalgh examines the huge problem of finding a suitable command relationship in the field and in the two capitals. She details the civil-military relations on each side, the political and military relations between the two powers, the maritime and industrial collaboration that were indispensable to an industrialised war effort and the Allied prosecution of war on the western front. Although it was not until 1918 that many of the war-winning expedients were adopted, Dr Greenhalgh shows that victory was ultimately achieved because of, rather than in spite of, coalition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Coalition warfare and the Franco-British alliance\u003cbr\u003e 2. Command 1914–15\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Battle of the Somme, 1916\u003cbr\u003e 4. The liaison services, 1914–16\u003cbr\u003e 5. The allied response to the German submarine\u003cbr\u003e 6. Command 1917\u003cbr\u003e 7. The creation of the supreme war council\u003cbr\u003e 8. The German offensives of 1918 and the crisis in command\u003cbr\u003e 9. The allies counterattack\u003cbr\u003e 10. Politics and bureaucracy of supply\u003cbr\u003e 11. Coalition: a defective mechanism?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: First World War [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on First World War\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22First%20World%20War%20%5BHBWN%5D%22\"\u003eHBWN\u003c\/a\u003e], Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913146687768,"sku":"9780521853842","price":95.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521853842i_4973f645-dc8f-4cae-ab56-454b1e59d4ff.jpg?v=1691358365","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/victory-through-coalition-britain-and-france-during-the-first-world-war-hardback-9780521853842","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}