BOOK REVIEWS

A roundup of recent books on wargaming, or of special interest to the wargamer.

BY IAN BEAL AND DAVID HISCOCKS

Holding Out: The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 By Tony Cowan ISBN: 978-1108830232 (Cambridge University Press, 2023) - £27.45 In this new work, Tony Cowan examines the German Army's efforts to hold back the Entente offensives in 1917. Drawing on original sources from regional archives throughout Germany and historiographical studies, Cowan has produced a groundbreaking book that offers a valuable new perspective on how German high command responded to a military situation very different from what had been anticipated in pre-war doctrine. This book offers a comprehensive examination of the operational and tactical methods that the German Army used to fight off successive Allied attacks in 1917. The focus in this volume is on divisional command and upwards, with a particular emphasis on the Western Front. While other theatres of war are discussed,…

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