Marshal Ferdinand Foch, His Life and His Theory of Modern War

Marshal Ferdinand Foch, His Life and His Theory of Modern War
Author: A Hilliard Atteridge
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2018-02-06
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ISBN: 9781376862607

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Total Pages: 436
Release: 1923
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Foch in Command

Foch in Command
Author: Elizabeth Greenhalgh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2011-08-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139496093

Ferdinand Foch ended the First World War as Marshal of France and supreme commander of the Allied armies on the Western Front. Foch in Command is a pioneering study of his contribution to the Allied victory. Elizabeth Greenhalgh uses contemporary notebooks, letters and documents from previously under-studied archives to chart how the artillery officer, who had never commanded troops in battle when the war began, learned to fight the enemy, to cope with difficult colleagues and allies, and to manoeuvre through the political minefield of civil-military relations. She offers valuable insights into neglected questions: the contribution of unified command to the Allied victory; the role of a commander's general staff; and the mechanisms of command at corps and army level. She demonstrates how an energetic Foch developed war-winning strategies for a modern industrial war and how political realities contributed to his losing the peace.