Robert Cowley is an authority on American and European military history whose writing spans the American Civil War to World War II. He has held several senior positions in book and magazine publishing and is the founding editor of the award-winning MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History. As part of his research he drove and walked the entire length of the Western Front. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Introduction Part I: The Shadow of Schlieffen Prologue: August 20, 1914, Near Charleroi, Belgium 1. "The Virtuosity of Sheer Audacity" 2. The Man Who Willed a War Part II: The Flanders of Convergence 3. The Strength of Despair 4. The Antwerp Diversion 5. Testimony of the Spade 6. Race to the Sea 7. Accidental Tourists 8. October Surprise Part III: Arc of Flame 9. The Salient 10. Shoulder to Shoulder 11. Singers in the Mist 12. The River Redoubt 13. The Great Fear 14. "Hanging On by Our Eyelids" 15. One Day Part IV: Ne Plus Ultra 16. The Bargeman's Solution 17. Dead Sea 18. The Gap 19. "Fancy Meeting You Here" 20. The Kaiser's Battle 21. The Invention of No-Man's Land Epilogue: November 17-18, 1914, Klein-Zillebeke, Belgium
Introduction Part I: The Shadow of Schlieffen Prologue: August 20, 1914, Near Charleroi, Belgium 1. "The Virtuosity of Sheer Audacity" 2. The Man Who Willed a War Part II: The Flanders of Convergence 3. The Strength of Despair 4. The Antwerp Diversion 5. Testimony of the Spade 6. Race to the Sea 7. Accidental Tourists 8. October Surprise Part III: Arc of Flame 9. The Salient 10. Shoulder to Shoulder 11. Singers in the Mist 12. The River Redoubt 13. The Great Fear 14. "Hanging On by Our Eyelids" 15. One Day Part IV: Ne Plus Ultra 16. The Bargeman's Solution 17. Dead Sea 18. The Gap 19. "Fancy Meeting You Here" 20. The Kaiser's Battle 21. The Invention of No-Man's Land Epilogue: November 17-18, 1914, Klein-Zillebeke, Belgium
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The Killing Season has all the elements of an epic. A bloody, consequential battle, a cast of heroic characters, taut writing, superb research, and an unputdownable story, all make Robert Cowley's a great book. It will stand as a classic of military history.
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