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War of Attrition

Fighting the First World War

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War of Attrition

Written by: William Philpott
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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The Great War of 1914-1918 was the first mass conflict to fully mobilize the resources of industrial powers against one another, resulting in a brutal, bloody, protracted war of attrition between the world's great economies. Now, 100 years after the first guns of August rang out on the Western front, historian William Philpott reexamines the causes and lingering effects of the first truly modern war.

Drawing on the experience of front-line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians, and diplomats, War of Attrition explains for the first time why and how this new type of conflict was fought as it was fought, as well as how the attitudes and actions of political and military leaders, and the willing responses of their peoples, stamped the 20th century with unprecedented carnage on - and behind - the battlefield.

©2014 William Philpott (P)2014 Tantor
20th Century Wars & Conflicts World War Military Imperialism Interwar Period Hungary Royalty Winston Churchill King Self-Determination
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"An astute examination by an expert war historian that sifts through the collective 'theatres of attrition' in this unprecedented slaughter." ( Kirkus)

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