Morale and the Italian Army during the First World War

Morale and the Italian Army during the First World WarDescription by Vanda Wilcox Paperback Italian performance in the First World War has been generally disparaged or ignored compared to that of the armies on the Western Front, and troop morale in particular has been seen as a major weakness of the Italian army. In this first book length study of Italian morale in any language, Vanda Wilcox reassesses Italian policy and performance from the perspective both of the army as an institution and of the

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William II is widely perceived as a warmonger who seemed to delight in power-grabbing

Wood's original study represents a major shift in thinking about Cracovian and East Central European history at the turn of the century

the century

its presence on the battlefield played an important role in the evolution of war strategy

Eddie Rickenbacker

world-renowned historians gathered in Kansas City for a series of public forums on World War I

racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace

and George Grosz is so revolted by the violence on the streets of Berlin that he decides everything is meaningless

it disappeared as suddenly as it arrived

most alarmingly

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