Author: GROOM, WINSTON
Title: A storm in Flanders : the Ypres Salient, 1914-1918 : tragedy and triumph on the Western Front
Description: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press 2002. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 276 pages; Description: xi. 276 p. 32 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-267) and index. Subjects: Ypres. 1st Battle of Ieper --Belgium. 1914 --2nd Battle of Ieper. Belgium. 1915 --3rd Battle of Ieper. Belgium. 1917 --World War. 1914-1918 - Campaigns --History. Military. Summary: A Storm in Flanders is novelist and prizewinning historian Winston Groom's gripping history of the four-year battle for Ypres in Belgian Flanders. the pivotal engagement of World War I that would forever change the way the world fought -- and thought about -- war. This is Groom's account of what would become the most dreaded place on earth. In 1914. Germany launched an invasion of France through neutral Belgium -- and brought the wrath of the world upon itself. Ypres became a place of horror. heroism. and terrifying new tactics and technologies: poison gas. tanks. mines. air strikes. and the unspeakable misery of trench warfare. Drawing on the journals of the men and women who were there. Winston Groom has penned a breathtaking drama of politics. strategy. and the human heart. 16 pages of black-and-white historical photographs are featured. by Winston Groom.ISBN: 0871138425. Weight in Kg appr.:

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