Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I - Softcover

Mosier, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451414632 ISBN 13: 9780451414632

Publisher: New American Library, 2014

Synopsis

The Battle of Verdun, the attritional struggle between the French and German infantries on the River Meuse, is traditionally held to have taken place between February and December 1916. John Mosier contends that the conflict in fact extended over the entire period of the war, across eight distinct battles. His new assessment of the strategy and execution of the engagements near Verdun is based on numerous military analyses, eyewitness accounts and newly translated French sources. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.

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Review:

Praise for John Mosier's military histories

"Mr. Mosier [is] one of the more entertainingly contrarian military historians writing today."--The Washington Times

"The author knows his military history, strategy, and tactics...packed with evidence, much of it ingeniously obtained and argued." --The Washington Post on The Myth of the Great War

"This provocative book tosses military-history hand grenades on almost every page, challenging just about every generally held notion about World War II."--Forbes on The Blitzkrieg Myth

"A dramatic departure from the conventional wisdom...a dramatic chronicle of the most brutal theater in the most brutal war in one of history's most brutal centuries...This is a clear-eyed, compelling description of a battle that has been described many times, but seldom with such an ironic eye."--The Boston Globe on Hitler vs. Stalin

"There is much in the work I really admire, not least its brilliant recasting of the traditional military narrative."--Niall Ferguson on The Myth of the Great War

About the Author:

John Mosier, who earned his Ph.D. at Tulane University, is a professor at Loyola University in New Orleans, where he teaches courses in film, modern European literature, and the 18th-century novel. His books on the World Wars, including Verdun, The Myth of the Great War, and Hitler vs. Stalin, have given him a reputation as a leading revisionist historian.

About this edition

• Publisher: New American Library
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0451414632
• ISBN 13: 9780451414632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416