{"product_id":"killing-season-the-autumn-of-1914-ypres-and-the-afternoon-that-cost-germany-a-war","title":"Killing Season: The Autumn of 1914, Ypres, and the Afternoon That Cost Germany a War","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn in-depth, authoritative account of the fall of 1914 on the Western Front and the First Battle of Ypres, a true turning point in World War I and in modern warfare—by the founding editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A masterful and heartbreaking book . . . If you want to know how modern warfare began, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Killing Season\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is for you.”—Geoffrey C. Ward, co-author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Civil War, The War,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Vietnam War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Marne may have saved Paris and prevented a devastating setback for the Allies, but it did not spell eventual defeat for Germany. Ypres did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe final months of 1914 were the bloodiest interval in a famously bloody war, a killing season. They ended with the First Battle of Ypres, a struggle in West Flanders, Belgium, whose importance has been too long overlooked—until now. Robert Cowley’s fresh, novelistic account of this crucial period describes how German armies in France were poised to sweep north to capture the Channel ports and knock England out of the war—and were only held back by a brilliant improvisation from a cobbled-together handful of desperate British, French, and Belgian troops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a re-examination of events that have too long seemed set in stone, Cowley combines a wide array of source materials with sharp portrayals both of military leaders and of the men they led. We follow Albert of Belgium, the world’s last warrior king; French General Ferdinand Foch, a former professor of military science; and Hendrik Geeraert, an alcoholic barge keeper, who pulled off Albert’s literal last-ditch effort. Many other memorable characters emerge, including Sir John French, a British commander, who displayed his greatest talent for maneuver in the bedroom; along with both a young Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vast brawl of four armies in Flanders was a turning point that irrevocably changed the nature of modern warfare. In this visceral account, based on thirty years of research and picking up where Barbara Tuchman’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guns of August\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e left off, Cowley details the crucial decisions that determined the outcome of the Great War—which may have been decided by a single, extraordinary afternoon.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expandev\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318639792413,"sku":"9781400068524","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781400068524.jpg?v=1757015161","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/killing-season-the-autumn-of-1914-ypres-and-the-afternoon-that-cost-germany-a-war","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}