A storm in Flanders : the Ypres Salient, 1914-1918 : tragedy and triumph on the Western Front / by Winston Groom

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 276 pages; Description: xi, 276 p., 32 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-267) and index. Subjects: Ypres, 1st Battle of Ieper --Belgium, 1914 --2nd Battle of Ieper, Belgium, 1915 --3rd Battle of Ieper, Belgium, 1917 --World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns --History, Military. Summary: A Storm in Flanders is novelist and prizewinning historian Winston Groom's gripping history of the four-year battle for Ypres in Belgian Flanders, the pivotal engagement of World War I that would forever change the way the world fought -- and thought about -- war. This is Groom's account of what would become the most dreaded place on earth. In 1914, Germany launched an invasion of France through neutral Belgium -- and brought the wrath of the world upon itself. Ypres became a place of horror, heroism, and terrifying new tactics and technologies: poison gas, tanks, mines, air strikes, and the unspeakable misery of trench warfare. Drawing on the journals of the men and women who were there, Winston Groom has penned a breathtaking drama of politics, strategy, and the human heart. 16 pages of black-and-white historical photographs are featured.