Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: esco@tank.uchicago.edu (ross paul weiner) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: History of WWI Message-ID: <6464@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 11 May 89 01:25:56 GMT References: <6205@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: University of Chicago Computation Center Lines: 33 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "ross paul weiner" In article <6326@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write: >From: silber@p.cs.uiuc.edu >The best general, overall book I have found is by Sir Basil Liddell-Hart. >The title is something like "The Great War", and he goes into great detail >about some of the command decisions. There is a heavy emphisis upon the >British, and the naval and air wars are not covered nearly as thoroughly as >the land, but, overall, a good book (albeit a little dry). Liddell-Hart is an uncertain source, frequently self serving. See John Mearshiemer's book "Liddell-Hart and the Weight of History". I did the index. -- Ross P. Weiner Dandy Dirks Discount Disclaimers esco@tank.uchicago.edu "You can't sue me, I'm broke!" [mod.note: I think we've sufficiently libelled both Liddell-Hart and Zuchman now 8-) Suffice that both authors should probably be taken, as any other, with a grain of salt. As a rule, I'd suggest that it's never a good idea to take as factual any single source, without corroboration. BTW, perhaps someone can tell me: how is "Liddell" pronounced ? Is it: a) Lid'-ul (as in "little") b) Lid-ell' and is the "i" long, short, or schwa ? - Bill ]