The pursuit of grand strategy therefore found its most coherent form in the debates of the British cabinet as it weighed the priorities of competing commitments. Their sizeable Muslim populations were intimately affected by the fate of Islam's Holy Cities, which lay within the Ottoman empire. These included India and a network of colonial bases between Delhi and London. Britain was of Europe but not in it moreover it had sprawling and vulnerable global interests. Only two powers, one on each side, fully confronted the fact that they were fighting a multi-front war. Its conclusion was reached with the establishment of modern Turkey in 1923. But that conflict - the one fought over the Ottoman empire - makes the Same point: it too began before 1914 and it did not end in 1918. The exception was the most reluctant of the Balkan belligerents, Greece, which had eyes on territory in Asia Minor. Serbia, Bulgaria and Rumania all sought local objectives. As such it was the third Balkan war fought in rapid succession since 1912, and in most respects the interests of the principal Balkan states in the war never ranged beyond the Balkan peninsula. In this respect the first World War became a world war because it conflated wars that had lives and directions of their own. They represented national efforts made in pursuit of national goals. Most of the campaigns described in this volume were self-contained in their origins and even in their conduct. But this was not a phrase known or used in 1914-1918. In the Second World War, the relationship between fronts, and the coordination of their efforts, would be called grand strategy. In this respect it bears direct comparison with the Second World War. The First World War was fought on many fronts intensively and simultaneously. How the war on the Mediterranean Front ended: End of the tragedy Portrait of a civilian - The village of Christleton The world around war - The loose ends of war The fighting - War on the Mediterannean Front 1914-1923 Part IV: The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923 Background to war Warring sides How the war on the Eastern Front ended:The Bolsheviks seize power Portrait of a civilian - 'Living on cereals and porridge' The world around war - The last days of Tsarist Russia Portrait of a soldier - A trooper, an ensign and a sergeant The fighting -War on the Eastern Front 1914-1918 Warring sides - Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary Part III: The Eastern Front 1914-1918 Background to war - Russian ambitions How the war on the Western Front ended - The final month The world around war - The Home Fronts 1917-1918 Portrait of a soldier - Private Frederick 'Fen' Noakes Part II: The Western Front 1917-1918 Background to war - Strategic choices for 1917 The fighting Portrait of a civilian - Winnifred Adair Roberts The world around war - The Home Fronts 1914-1916 Portrait of a soldier - Private Archie Surfleet Part l: The Western Front 1914-1916 Background to war - The road to war Email: Ĭontents Foreword by Professor Hew Strachan Enquiries should be made to the Publishers. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. USA Email: All rights reserved Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright. Osprey Direct USA c/o MBI Publishing, PO Box 1, 729 Prospect Ave Osceola. UK Cartography by The Map Studio Index by Alan Thatcher Picture research by Image Select International Origination by Grasmere Digital Imaging, Leeds. ISBN 1 84176 738 7 Editor: Rebecca Cullen Design: Ken Vail Graphic Design, Cambridge. If there has been any oversight we will be happy to rectify the situation and written submission should be made to the Publishers. Botley, Oxford OX2 9LP, UKĮmail: Previously published as: Essential Histories 13: The First World War (1) The Eastern Front 1914-1918: Essential Histories 14: The First World War (2) The Western Front 1914-1916 Essential Histories 22: The First World War (3) The Western Front 1917-1918 Essential Histories 23: The First World War (4) The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923 © 2003 Osprey Publishing LimitedĮvery attempt has been made by the publisher to secure the appropriate permissions for material reproduced in this book. First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Osprey Publishing.įor a complete list of titles available from Osprey PublishingĮlms Court Chapel Way.
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