Attrition

By William Philpott and William J. Philpott

Book Overview

Drawing on the experience of front line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians, and diplomats, War of Attrition explains for the first time why and how this new type of conflict was fought as it was fought; and how the attitudes and actions of political and military leaders, and the willing responses of their peoples, stamped the twentieth century with unprecedented carnage on--and behind--the battlefield.

War of Attrition also establishes link between the bloody ground war in Europe and political situation in the wider world, particularly the United States. America did not enter the war until 1917, but, as Philpott demonstrates, the war came to America as early as 1914. By 1916, long before the Woodrow Wilson's impassioned speech to Congress advocating for war, the United States was firmly aligned with the Allies, lending dollars and selling guns and opposing German attempts to spread submarine warfare. War of Attrition skillfully argues that the emergence of the United States on the world stage is directly related to her support for the conflagration that consumed so many European lives and livelihoods. In short, the war that ruined Europe enabled the rise of America.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146830268X
• ISBN13: 9781468302684
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher