TY - BOOK AU - Hart,Peter TI - Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign Of 1914 SN - 9780199355525 AV - D546 -- .H44 2015eb U1 - 940.4/21 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press, Incorporated KW - Great Britain. -- Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 KW - Great Britain. -- Army. -- British Expeditionary Force KW - Germany. -- Heer -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 KW - France. -- Armée -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 KW - World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front KW - World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France KW - World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Fire and Movement -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Plates -- 1 Small Beginnings -- 2 Ready for War? -- 3 Lights Out, 4 August 1914 -- 4 Road to Mons -- 5 Battle of Mons -- 6 Battle of Le Cateau -- 7 Great Retreat -- 8 Battle of the Marne -- 9 Battle of the Aisne -- 10 Race to the Sea -- 11 Battle of Ypres: Contact -- 12 Battle of Ypres: Bedlam -- 13 Life in the Trenches -- 14 Stagnation -- 15 Christmas Truce -- 16 Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index N2 - Fire and Movement offers a fresh look at the first months of the Great War. Considering each of the major offenses of 1914, from the Battle of the Frontiers to the Battle of Ypres and the genesis of trench warfare, renowned military historian Peter Hart argues that the real story of the opening campaigns of World War I is far different from the mythology that has come to surround it UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1784103 ER -