A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare / Diana Preston.
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TextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.Description: 340 pages , 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ills, portraits, maps ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781620402122 (hbk.) :
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | Defence Academy Library On-Shelf | 940.421 PRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 56205-2001 | ||
| Book | Training Institute Library On-Shelf | 940.421 PRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 56205-1001 |
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| 940.42 BUL World War I trench warfare (1) : 1914-16 / | 940.421 KEN Aisne 1914 : the dawn of trench warfare / | 940.421 LOM Mons 1914: the BEFs tactical triumph | 940.421 PRE A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare / | 940.421 TUC The guns of August/ | 940.424 NEI The death of glory : the Western Front 1915 / | 940.424 THO The White War : life and death on the Italian Front 1915-1919 / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.
Each of these actions violated rules of war carefully agreed at the Hague Conventions of 1898 and 1907. Though Germany's attempts to quickly win the war failed, the psychological damage caused by these attacks far outweighed the casualties.
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