Book about WWI from Strategic Perspective?

[JoannYoung]

Well, the title is somewhat similar to the shooter battle games. I actually used to play the shooter video game where I need to apply some tips and strategy to win. One can take help from the games like Destiny 2 and COD.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: JoannYoung

Well, the title is somewhat similar to the shooter battle games. I actually used to play the shooter video game where I need to apply some tips and strategy to win. One can take help from the games like Destiny 2 and COD.

warspite1

Thanks JoannYoung - that's a great addition to this WWI book thread.

[wodin]

Best I've read by far as a 1 volume book covering everything about the War has to be Pandora's Box by J Leonhard. Stunning up to date piece of work

[demyansk]

Where is Zak on that little post? Maybe it slipped through. I am not sure I can finish Hews book in the library's allotted time.

[wodin]

Really do hope someone else reads Pandora's Box to back me up. To be honest I don't think I've read a book that's easy to read yet immensely detailed that looks at a period of history at this scale. The chapters on the build up to War look at areas I've never seen broached before. Eye open ing and I'm WW1 obsessive.

Seriously not sure what it doesn't look into.

Was first published in German.

[DonCzirr]

I shall add it to my shopping list with some others mentioned above. [:)]

It's becoming apparent to me that the material I am searching for (as described in the original post) does not exist all in one place and without the additional content to sift through.

That's ok - it just means doing a bit of work and a bit more spending to put it all together.

Perhaps someday, such a work will appear .... and then I will gleefully pounce on it ...

[wodin]

Pandora's Box is pretty much exactly what you are looking for.

[Technopiper]

German High Command at War by Robert Asprey

Like David Glantz, Asprey has a military intelligence background and an insight to the criminal mind. I value that in history studies. "First hand history" are often huge cover-ups by those involved. Asprey is merciless on "the Duo" of Hindenburg-Ludendorf. Very enjoyable read.

[demyansk]

Hi Guys,

I went to the local library again and the Cataclysm book (Stevenson) was supposed to be on the shelf. I checked and checked and decided to go to the desk to help out. He came over to look as well, no luck. The book was checked out in 2004. I reported to the main desk and they will most likely take it off the website as available.

Does anyone have a copy that they don't want or I can just go on Amazon and buy.

Second, what do the local libraries do with this type of situation? Can they go back and try to figure out who had it last? The librarian told me once that they don't keep certain info?

[matt3916]

Interlibrary loan is your friend. The research desk at your local library should be able to help you. I've been using ILL for years.

[timmyab]

The struggle for Europe by Chester Wilmot.
It primarily deals with the last year of the war in Europe, but there is a lot of detail from the earlier war years too. The part dealing with the preparations for Normandy are particularly good.
Wilmot was a war reporter who landed in Normandy with 6th airborne Division on D-day, but the book is written very much from a strategic perspective.

Edit - sorry, misread WWI as WWII. Wilmot's book is still worth a read though.

[wodin]

Amazon is the place for me for both books and music