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Complete and Unabridged for the first time in EnglishAmong France's generals of the First World War, Marshal Joseph Joffre stands as one of the most accomplished and controversial. Starting his tenure as Generalissimo by modernizing the French Army, he presided over the dramatic victory at the Battle of the Marne that saved France...and the unrelenting slaughter in the trenches that followed. In this first volume, Joffre takes command of the French Army and races to prepare it for the war to come. Then, as the German Army crosses the border and advances towards Paris, he rallies his forces and allies for one of the most dramatic moments in modern military history.

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Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (1852-1931) was a French general and the Commander-in-Chief of the French Army from 1911-1916. Born in French Catalonia, he became a career officer in 1870. Originally an engineer, he presided over the modernization of the French Army and the first three years of the Great War. After the war, he became a member of the Académie Français. Robert B. Marks holds a Master of Arts degree in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada, with a focus on the First World War. He also translated Grandmaison's Training of the Infantry for Offensive Combat, Moltke's Memories and Letters, and the French Decrees of 1913.

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