The Greater War

Introduction; Jonathan Krause 1. The Battle of the Ardennes, August 1914: France's Lost Opportunity; Simon House 2. 'Only Inaction is Disgraceful': French Operations under Joffre, 1914-1916; Jonathan Krause 3. The Influence of Industry on the Use and Development of Artillery; Alex Bostrom 4. Missed Opportunity? - The French tanks in the Nivelle Offensive; Tim Gale 5. Applying Colonial Lessons to European War: The British Expeditionary Force 1902 - 1914; Spencer Jones 6. Jan Smuts, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in German East Africa; Stuart Mitchell 7. The Egyptian Expeditionary Force and the Battles for Jerusalem: Command and Tactics in the Judaean Hills, November 1917 - January 1918; Christopher Newton 8. A Picture of German Unity? Federal Contingents in the German Army, 1916 - 1917; Tony Cowan 9. Out of the Trenches: Hitler, Wagner, and German national regeneration after the Great War 1914-1918; David Hall 10. Training, morale and battlefield performance in the Italian army, 1914-1917; Vanda Wilcox 11. Seasoning the US 2nd Infantry Division; Bryon Smith 12. From the Essex to the Dresden: British Grand Strategy in the South Pacific, 1814 - 1915; Andrew Lambert 13. Attrition: How the War was Fought and Won; William Philpott