The Road to Verdun (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ian Ousby
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1871-1918
- Setting: Verdun, France
- Principal Characters: Lieutenant Colonel Emile Driant, General Erich von Falkenhayn, General Henri Philippe Petain
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Suffering, France or French people, Twentieth century, War, World War I, Germany or German people, Technology, Battles, Statesmen, Generals, Military art or science
- Locales: Verdun, France
Ian Ousby’s The Road to Verdun: World War I’s Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism is an intriguing study of a calamitous battle in which almost three- quarters of a million men became casualties. Ousby died shortly after completing the manuscript for this book. He had devoted his last years to exploring the poisoned relationship between France and Germany during the first half of the twentieth century. In an earlier book, Occupation: The Ordeal of France, 1940-1944 (1997), he described the German occupation of France during World War II. With The Road...
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