- +27 82 328 2755
- [email protected]
- The Old Mushroom Farm, 11 Karkloof Rd, Howick, RSA
R0.00
R225.00
With Our Backs to the Wall – A major scholarly study of the final year of the First World War, examining the dramatic campaigns, political pressures, and military decisions that shaped the outcome of 1918 on the Western Front.
1 in stock
With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by renowned historian David Stevenson is a detailed and authoritative examination of the climactic final year of the First World War. Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press in 2011, this substantial work explores the political, military, and social developments that shaped the dramatic conclusion of the conflict on the Western Front.
Stevenson, widely respected for his scholarship on the Great War, provides a deeply researched account of the German Spring Offensive, the Allied response, and the eventual collapse of the Central Powers. Combining strategic analysis with political context and firsthand perspectives, With Our Backs to the Wall offers readers a comprehensive understanding of how 1918 became one of the most decisive years in modern military history.
Unlike many general histories of the First World War, this volume focuses intensely on the shifting balance between victory and defeat during the war’s closing stages. Stevenson examines the pressures facing military commanders, the morale of soldiers and civilians, logistical challenges, and the increasingly global nature of the conflict. His balanced narrative and analytical approach make With Our Backs to the Wall valuable to collectors, researchers, students of military history, and readers interested in twentieth-century European history.
This hardcover edition of With Our Backs to the Wall remains an attractive and highly readable scholarly work, further enhanced by its dark photographic dust jacket design. Books on the First World War, particularly modern academic studies from respected university presses, continue to enjoy strong interest among collectors and military history enthusiasts in South Africa and internationally.
Condition – Very Good (Ex Lib)
2011 hardcover edition in near fine condition overall. Ex-library copy with library stickers present on the inner rear cover. The near fine dust jacket is plastic covered, with the protective covering taped to the book in places. The text remains clean and well preserved, and the binding is sound and sturdy.
