| A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front Contributor(s): Groom, Winston (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802139981 ISBN-13: 9780802139986 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: "A Storm in Flanders" is novelist and prizewinning historian 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. 16-pages of illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - History | Europe - General - Political Science | World - European |
| Dewey: 940.414 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Benelux |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. 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. |