Suicide of the Empires

The Eastern Front 1914-18

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I
Cover of the book Suicide of the Empires by Alan Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Alan Clark ISBN: 9781448214082
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: March 6, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Reader Language: English
Author: Alan Clark
ISBN: 9781448214082
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: March 6, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Reader
Language: English

On the outbreak of war in 1914, the armies of the Western Front soon became bogged down in the mud of Flanders and it is these events that many people associate most strongly with the First World War – but its origins and the strategy which governed all but its closing months lay in the East.
In the wide plains and forests of the Eastern Europe the three great Empires – Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary – grappled in a series of titanic but little known battles involving millions of men and hundreds of miles of front. It was the Germans, with their excellent equipment and intelligent leadership who dominated the battlefield, even when outnumbered. The Russian and Hapsburg armies moved across a truly Napoleonic canvas with huge masses of cavalry, infantry and baggage.
Shortly after the outbreak of war the Russian 'steamroller' had lurched into Prussia only to be hurled back amid the marshes of Tannenberg. Later defeats were caused by the Russian revolution itself with the downfall of the Tsar and the mutiny of their soldiers.

For three years the fighting swung indeterminately back and forth and Alan Clark in the Suicide of the Empires, first published in 1971, describes in clear terms the campaigns which provoked the downfall of three great empires and left the world changed forever.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

On the outbreak of war in 1914, the armies of the Western Front soon became bogged down in the mud of Flanders and it is these events that many people associate most strongly with the First World War – but its origins and the strategy which governed all but its closing months lay in the East.
In the wide plains and forests of the Eastern Europe the three great Empires – Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary – grappled in a series of titanic but little known battles involving millions of men and hundreds of miles of front. It was the Germans, with their excellent equipment and intelligent leadership who dominated the battlefield, even when outnumbered. The Russian and Hapsburg armies moved across a truly Napoleonic canvas with huge masses of cavalry, infantry and baggage.
Shortly after the outbreak of war the Russian 'steamroller' had lurched into Prussia only to be hurled back amid the marshes of Tannenberg. Later defeats were caused by the Russian revolution itself with the downfall of the Tsar and the mutiny of their soldiers.

For three years the fighting swung indeterminately back and forth and Alan Clark in the Suicide of the Empires, first published in 1971, describes in clear terms the campaigns which provoked the downfall of three great empires and left the world changed forever.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Hegel and Resistance by Alan Clark
Cover of the book The Gulf War 1991 by Alan Clark
Cover of the book First Light by Alan Clark
Cover of the book The UAE by Alan Clark
Cover of the book The First World War (4) by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Underneath by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Ia Drang 1965 by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Mapping the Present by Alan Clark
Cover of the book A Secret Well Kept by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Learning Teaching from Experience by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Geometry by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Waste by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development by Alan Clark
Cover of the book Public Liability in EU Law by Alan Clark
Cover of the book The Lost Detective by Alan Clark
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy