Hundred Days
The End of the Great War
1st Edition
Published on 7. November 2013
352 pages
978-0-14-196887-2 (ISBN)
Description
An unmissable book that explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.
The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this compelling and ground-breaking study, Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, Hundred Days traces the epic story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Using unpublished archive material from five countries, this new account reveals how the Allies - British, French, American and Commonwealth - managed to beat the German Army, and force her leaders to seek peace.
THE WESTERN FRONT BY NICK LLOYD IS AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK NOW
'This is a powerful and moving book by a rising military historian. Lloyd's depiction of the great battles of July-November provides compelling evidence of the scale of the Allies' victories and the bitter reality of German defeat' Gary Sheffield (Professor of War Studies)
'Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historians with this admirable account of the war's final campaign' Publishers Weekly
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.
The Armistice, which brought the Great War to an end, marked a seminal moment in European and World history. Yet the story of how the war ended remains little-known. In this compelling and ground-breaking study, Nick Lloyd examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, Hundred Days traces the epic story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Using unpublished archive material from five countries, this new account reveals how the Allies - British, French, American and Commonwealth - managed to beat the German Army, and force her leaders to seek peace.
THE WESTERN FRONT BY NICK LLOYD IS AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK NOW
'This is a powerful and moving book by a rising military historian. Lloyd's depiction of the great battles of July-November provides compelling evidence of the scale of the Allies' victories and the bitter reality of German defeat' Gary Sheffield (Professor of War Studies)
'Lloyd enters the upper tier of Great War historians with this admirable account of the war's final campaign' Publishers Weekly
Reviews / Votes
Writing about the last 100 days of the war on the Western Front, Lloyd asks whether the Allies had learnt anything from the previous years of conflict and whether the Germans were really defeated in 1918 -- Joanna Bourke * The Telegraph * Lloyd's brisk and thoroughly engrossing book leaves no doubt that the Germans were beaten fair and square where it really mattered - on the battlefield -- Dominic Sandbrook * The Evening Standard * There is a grim fascination to the endgame, as the hopes still nursed by the Germans were finally extinguished and the Allies won a victory that in seemed inevitable in retrospect * Metro * Gives the reader an insight into the raw emotions of the period and lends immediacy to the more sober narrative * The Oxford Times * Compelling, very readable * Books Monthly * Conveys the epic sweep of events, as the allied troops relentlessly pushed the German divisions back, with staggering losses . . . Lloyd also gives the worm's eye-view of what it was like for the men on the ground. He is expert at bringing to life, in a few lines, the characters of the top brass -- Brandon Robshaw * The Independent *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16pp b/w
File size
5,14 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-196887-2 (9780141968872)
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Book
11/2014
Penguin Books Ltd
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Person
Nick Lloyd is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command & Staff College in Shrivenham, Wiltshire. He specialises in British military and imperial history in the era of the Great War and is the author of two books, Loos 1915 (2006), and The Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day (2011).
