The World War One Source Book

Richard Natkiel (Cartographer) London: Arms and Armour Press, 1994. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. 412, [2] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Index. DJ has small tear at top of rear flap. Contents include: Introduction. History of the War, Weapons and Tactics, The Warring Nations, Biographies, Sources, Miscellanea, and Glossary. Chronology. Philip J. Haythornthwaite FRHistS (born 1951) is an internationally respected and prolific author and historical consultant specializing in the military history, uniforms and equipment. Whilst his main area of research is the Napoleonic Wars, his impressive list of publications covers a much wider range of periods from the English Civil War until WWI. Since 1973 Haythornthwaite has had over 80 books published, plus numerous articles and papers on military history. Much of this output through the publishers Orion Books and Osprey Publishing and Haythornthwaite’s writing has, beyond doubt, helped keep alive a general interest in history. Moreover, his seminal works The Armies of Wellington and Redcoats, The British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars as well as Picton’s Division at Waterloo are clearly scholarly works of research that show the author to be the equal of more formally credentialed historians. Also notable is the fact that Haythornthwaite has prepared new editions of several well-known Peninsular War memoirs : Life in Napoleon’s Army: the Memoirs of Captain Elzear Blaze In the Peninsula with a French Hussar: Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain. Haythornthwaite is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Member of the British Commission for Military History. One of the most tumultuous eras in history is given a chronological account in each theater of the war, along with surveys of all the nations involved, accounts of their infantry, naval, and aviation forces, their weaponry and operational practices, and their unit organization, uniforms, and equipment as well as biographies of major military and naval personalities. The third in a series of narrative references on major periods in military history, this gives details of personnel, armies, leaders, politicians, air and sea developments, weapons, uniforms and insignia and battle details of World War I. Information is presented in a narrative style. Condition: Very good / Good.

Keywords: World War I, First World War, Great European War, World War One, Reference Works, Research Aids, Western Front, Naval Operations, Trench Warfare, Armored Warfare, Allenby, Douglas Haig, John J. Pershing, Jellicoe, von Kluck

ISBN: 1854091026

[Book #82284]

Price: $50.00

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