{"product_id":"the-killing-season-the-autumn-of-1914-ypres-and-the-afternoon-that-cost-germany-a-war-hardcover","title":"The Killing Season: The Autumn of 1914, Ypres, and the Afternoon That Cost Germany a War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Cowley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth, authoritative account of the fall of 1914 on the Western Front and the First Battle of Ypres, a true turning point in World War I and in modern warfare--by the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eMHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A masterful and heartbreaking book . . . If you want to know how modern warfare began, \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Season\u003c\/i\u003e is for you.\"--Geoffrey C. Ward, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War, The War, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Marne may have saved Paris and prevented a devastating setback for the Allies, but it did not spell eventual defeat for Germany. Ypres did. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final months of 1914 were the bloodiest interval in a famously bloody war, a killing season. They ended with the First Battle of Ypres, a struggle in West Flanders, Belgium, whose importance has been too long overlooked--until now. Robert Cowley's fresh, novelistic account of this crucial period describes how German armies in France were poised to sweep north to capture the Channel ports and knock England out of the war--and were only held back by a brilliant improvisation from a cobbled-together handful of desperate British, French, and Belgian troops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a re-examination of events that have too long seemed set in stone, Cowley combines a wide array of source materials with sharp portrayals both of military leaders and of the men they led. We follow Albert of Belgium, the world's last warrior king; French General Ferdinand Foch, a former professor of military science; and Hendrik Geeraert, an alcoholic barge keeper, who pulled off Albert's literal last-ditch effort. Many other memorable characters emerge, including Sir John French, a British commander, who displayed his greatest talent for maneuver in the bedroom; along with both a young Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe vast brawl of four armies in Flanders was a turning point that irrevocably changed the nature of modern warfare. In this visceral account, based on thirty years of research and picking up where Barbara Tuchman's \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August\u003c\/i\u003e left off, Cowley details the crucial decisions that determined the outcome of the Great War--which may have been decided by a single, extraordinary afternoon.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Cowley\u003c\/b\u003e is an authority on American and European military history whose writing spans the 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 \u003ci\u003eMHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e. Cowley has also written and edited three collections of essays in counterfactual history known as \u003ci\u003eWhat If?\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the author of the forthcoming book \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Season\u003c\/i\u003e, a history of the first Battle of Ypres and the beginning of World War I. As part of his research, he drove and walked the entire length of the Western Front. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 752\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978225811757,"sku":"9781400068524","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/a2EE7lGW3G9781400068524.webp?v=1775801126","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-killing-season-the-autumn-of-1914-ypres-and-the-afternoon-that-cost-germany-a-war-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}