A Short History of the Great War
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- A SHORT HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR
- A. F. POLLARD M.A., Litt.D.
- FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
- WITH NINETEEN MAPS
- NOTE
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- MAPS
- CONTENTS
- A SHORT HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR
- CHAPTER I
- THE BREACH OF THE PEACE
- CHAPTER II
- THE GERMAN INVASION
- CHAPTER III
- RUSSIA MOVES
- CHAPTER IV
- THE WAR ON AND BEYOND THE SEAS
- CHAPTER V
- ESTABLISHING THE WESTERN FRONT
- CHAPTER VI
- THE FIRST WINTER OF THE WAR
- CHAPTER VII
- THE FAILURE OF THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE DEFEAT OF RUSSIA
- CHAPTER IX
- THE CLIMAX OF GERMAN SUCCESS
- CHAPTER X
- THE SECOND WINTER OF THE WAR
- CHAPTER XI
- THE SECOND GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN THE WEST
- CHAPTER XII
- THE ALLIED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE BALKANS AND POLITICAL REACTIONS
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE TURN OF THE TIDE
- CHAPTER XV
- HOPE DEFERRED
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE BALANCE OF POWER
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE EVE OF THE FINAL STRUGGLE
- CHAPTER XVIII
- THE LAST GERMAN OFFENSIVE
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE VICTORY OF THE ENTENTE
- CHAPTER XX
- THE FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE
- LIST OF MAPS
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