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Paths of Glory

The French Army, 1914-18

Anthony Clayton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:14th Apr '05

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World War I from the French point of view: the first ever account in English

Anthony Clayton is an acknowledged expert on the French military and his book is a major contribution to the study and understanding of the First World War. He reveals why and how the French army fought as it did. He profiles its senior commanders - Joffre, Petain, Nivelle and Foch - and analyses its major campaigns both on the Western Front and in the Near East and Africa.

PATHS OF GLORY also considers in detail the officers, how they kept their trenches and how men from very different areas of France fought and died together. He scrutinises the make-up and performance of France's large colonial armies and investigates the mutinies of 1917. Ultimately, he reveals how the traumatic French experience of the 1914-18 war indelibly shaped a nation.

ISBN: 9780304366521

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 20mm

Weight: 220g

240 pages