World War I
A Strategist's Guide and a Warning from the Past
James G. Lacey, PhD, and Matthew Jones, PhD
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DOI: 10.56686/9781966233022
ABOUT THE BOOK
This work examines the relationships between great powers from the end of the Napoleonic era to the end of the First World War, focusing on the dynamics that drove the global crises in the decades following 1870. This is a period in which statesmen and generals were trying to cope with societal, scientific, and industrial changes taking place at scales and speeds orders of magnitude vaster and faster than any other historical period-the Great Discontinuity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Select Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms
Introduction
Chapter 1. Changes of the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 2. Blundering into Armageddon: European Mindsets on the Eve of War
Chapter 3. Planning for War
Chapter 4. Fighting the Great War
Chapter 5. Economic Power and World War I
Chapter 6. The Incomplete Revolutions: Airpower, Seapower, and Logistics
Chapter 7. What Was the Difference?: The Organizational Dimension of War
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Authors