Table of Contents

List of Illustrations /List of Maps /Author's Note /Dramatis Personae /Introduction /1. The German War Machine /2. The Russian Steamroller /3. Austria-Hungary: the Other Sick Man of Europe /4. Over the Brink /5. The First Battles: Stallupoenen and Gumbinnen /6. Crisis of Command /7. Tannenberg /8. The Illusion of Victory: Galicia, August 1914 /9. The Battle for the Masurian Lakes /10. The Reality of Defeat: Galicia, September 1914 /11. A Bloody Sideshow: The Serbian Front /12. Mud and Blood: Autumn in Poland /13. Lodz /14. The First Christmas /15. Disappointments and Illusions /Appendix: Place Names /Notes /Bibliography /Index

Promotional Information

Collision of Empires is the first major historical work on the Eastern Front during World War I since the 1970s, and is the first in a four-part series from Osprey to mark the centenary. Drawing on first-hand accounts and detailed archival research, this is a dramatic retelling of the tumultuous events of the first year of the war, with the battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes in East Prussia, followed by the Russo-Austrian clashes in Galicia and the failed German advance towards Warsaw.

About the Author

Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he has worked as a GP, first near Bristol and now in Abingdon. He is extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and national level, and served on the GPs' Committee of the British Medical Association. He appears from time to time on local and national TV and radio, speaking on a variety of medical issues. He contributes regularly to the medical press. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th century military history, Buttar has published two books focusing on the Second World War, and Collision of Empires is the first of a planned four-volume series, the definitive study of the First World War on the Eastern Front.

Reviews

"Insightful, drawn from numerous sources woven together into a narrative that is easy to follow even if one knows little about this theater of the war... The centennial of World War I is under way, and authors around the globe are writing many new books about the way. This book certainly ranks among the best of them." "--Military Heritag"e
"Painstaking research and firsthand accounts propel the author's narrative of events that took place during the first year of the war a century ago. Buttar's splendid hardcover book puts an exclamation point on the reality that their collision in combat resulted in the downfalls of all three empires." --"Toy Soldier & Model Figure
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"Based in archival research, this book will appeal to readers interested in World War I and especially the first months of battles on the Eastern Front." "--Library Journal"
..".a timely retelling of the early weeks of the war on the Eastern Front." --WWI Historical Association (www.ww1ha.org), October 6, 2014
"Painstaking research and firsthand accounts propel the author's narrative of events that took place during the first year of the war a century ago. Buttar's splendid hardcover book puts an exclamation point on the reality that their collision in combat resulted in the downfalls of all three empires." --"Toy Soldier & Model Figure
"
"Based in archival research, this book will appeal to readers interested in World War I and especially the first months of battles on the Eastern Front." "--Library Journal"
..".a timely retelling of the early weeks of the war on the Eastern Front." --WWI Historical Association (www.ww1ha.org), October 6, 2014