White Heat: The New Warfare, 1914-1918 Tapa dura - 1992

Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1992-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.2083 in x 24.1417 in x 16.4475 in.

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780850523317

UK: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1992. Unopened, unclipped.. Reprint. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

London: Leo Cooper, 1992 Copy in red cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. FFE missing. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w plates.

London: Leo Cooper. A13 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1992.

London: Leo Cooper, 1992. 352 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w photographs, maps, battle plans, drawings. "Participants in the 1914-18 conflict were to witness the birth of air combat, the first true underwater war, the use of the internal combustion engine and radio-telegraphy for military ends, and the appearance of chemical warfare. This flood of inventions and developments, coinciding as it did with rising levels of industrialization and unprecedented increases in population, ensured that a whole generation would be virtually wiped out before the guns were silenced. (In this book, Terraine) concentrates on the nuts and bolts, the technology of war. His study is set against the background of the strategy of the high commands, which proved tactically so difficult to implement; the armies of the western front grinding to a halt and digging in, contrasting starkly with the sweeping movements in the east; the desperate attempts to breakout of the deadlock by means both… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

South Yorkshire, UK: Leo Cooper, 1997. 352pp/illus. Here the author examines the impact and technology surrounding this flood of invention that wiped out a whole generation. His study is set against the background of the high commands which proved tactically so difficult to implement; the armies of the western front grinding to a halt and digging in, contrasting so starkly with the sweeping movements in the east; the desperate attempts to break out of the deadlock by means both orthodox and unorthodox, using all the tricks that the new technology could offer; the fighting that wore down all the armies involved, and the final push that eventually stopped the carnage. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leo Cooper. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!