Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War

by Robert Allan Doughty and Robert A. Doughty

Book Overview

As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods.

French leaders, favoring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts around the periphery of the German, Austrian, and Ottoman empires...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674027264
• ISBN13: 9780674027268
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"