Foch - The Man Of Orleans

B. H. Liddell Hart

• Publisher: Vintage Dog Books
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473384835
• Print ISBN:
  9781406705935

This book provides a study of the military leadership of Marshall Foch, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in World War I. This has a fantastic introduction to the politics of coordination of war among the Allies and the personalities involved. Includes several good maps.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• Contents
• Illustrations
• I Two Napoleons
• II The Stamp of Destiny
• III The Foundations of a Faith
• IV The Playthings of Fate
• V The Mission and the Mould
• VI Two Revolutions
• VII The Launching of the War
• VIII The Blind Collision
• IX The “Miracle” of the Marne
• X The Watchman of Ypres
• XI Deadlock
• XII “Gas”
• XIII Blunting the Sword of France
• XIV 1916—The Creeping Shadow
• XV 1917—In the Shadow
• XVI The Storm Breaks
• XVII The Trials of Faith
• XVIII The Worst Trial
• XIX The Turn of the Tide
• XX The Rolling Ball—Or the Ebbing Tide
• XXI “Tout Le Monde à La Bataille”
• XXII The Triumph of the Vocal Will
• XXIII The Clutch on the Rhine
• XXIV The Reflexive Years
• Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Index