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245 10 a| Three armies on the Somme :b| the first battle of the twentieth century /c| William Philpott.;

250 a| 1st U.S. ed.;

300 a| xiii, 631 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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500 a| "Originally published in Great Britain in different form as Bloody victory : the sacrifice on the Somme and the making of the twentieth century : the battle, the myth, the legacy by Little, Brown ... in London, in 2009"--T.p. verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Engagement -- Three armies -- The strategic labyrinth -- Planning the attritional battle -- Preparing the big push -- "Varying fortune" : 1 July 1916 -- Exploitation -- The battle of attrition : August 1916 -- Behind the lines -- The tipping point : September 1916 -- Muddy stalemate : October-December 1916 -- "Victory inclining to us" -- Remobilisation -- Decision in Picardy : 1918 -- Aftermath and memory -- Reflection -- Appendix: a note on military organisation, 1914-1918.;

520 a| A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as the tank and machine gun.;

650 0 a| Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.=| ^A35529;

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Three armies on the Somme : the first battle of the twentieth century / William Philpott.

Author/creator	Philpott, William James
Format	Book
Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Publication Info	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2010], ©2009.
Description	xiii, 631 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	Great Britain. Army--History. --World War, 1914-1918. France. Armée--History. --World War, 1914-1918. Germany. Heer--History. --World War, 1914-1918. Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.

Uniform title	Bloody victory
Contents	Engagement -- Three armies -- The strategic labyrinth -- Planning the attritional battle -- Preparing the big push -- "Varying fortune" : 1 July 1916 -- Exploitation -- The battle of attrition : August 1916 -- Behind the lines -- The tipping point : September 1916 -- Muddy stalemate : October-December 1916 -- "Victory inclining to us" -- Remobilisation -- Decision in Picardy : 1918 -- Aftermath and memory -- Reflection -- Appendix: a note on military organisation, 1914-1918.
Abstract	A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as the tank and machine gun.
General note	"Originally published in Great Britain in different form as Bloody victory : the sacrifice on the Somme and the making of the twentieth century : the battle, the myth, the legacy by Little, Brown ... in London, in 2009"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010004070
ISBN	9780307265852
ISBN	0307265854

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