{"product_id":"death-in-the-ardennes-22nd-august-1914-frances-deadliest-day-paperback","title":"Death in the Ardennes: 22nd August 1914: France's Deadliest Day - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Steg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoshua Sigal\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e27,000 French people were killed on 22nd August 1914, the bloodiest day in French history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is four times more than at Waterloo, and as many in total as during the eight years of the Algerian War. Even more than the Battle of the Marne, Verdun or the Chemin des Dames. How did these men perish? In what circumstances? Does this deadly cataclysm at the very beginning of the conflict reflect the consequences of poor individual and collective choices, tactical, strategic or organizational mistakes, or quite simply bad luck?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA record number of deaths in a single day unprecedented in French history cannot be a mere statistical oddity. It is the ambition of this work to provide some explanations, as well as ideas for how military strategists of the twenty-first century can avoid the combat lethality of the previous century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Steg\u003c\/b\u003e works as a Senior Adviser to financial firm Greenhill \u0026amp; Co. Heholds a PhD in History from EHESS in Paris, a Master's degree from the Sorbonne University in Paris, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree from the Institut d'Etudes Politique de Paris. He has been nominated in France to the Ordre National du Mérite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462950469810,"sku":"9781800310896","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d66452ee78944c3689cb7c8a0901a30a.webp?v=1778979603","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/death-in-the-ardennes-22nd-august-1914-frances-deadliest-day-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}