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Ferdinand Foch is the prototype of the
twentieth-century general. Better than any other general of the
First World War, Foch came to understand how technology and modern
alliance systems had changed the nature of warfare. He is most
famous for his role as Allied commander in chief in 1918. In this
position, unparalleled in the history of warfare, Foch welded
together the disparate war efforts of France, Great Britain, the
United States, Italy, and Belgium. Now fighting as a more coherent
whole, the Allies repulsed the German spring offensives of 1918 and
returned to the attack themselves in the summer. In this role, Foch
foreshadowed the similar roles played by other commanders of large
coalitions, such as Dwight Eisenhower in World War II and Norman
Schwarzkopf in Desert Storm. Foch's other important legacy is his
public dispute with French prime minister Georges Clemenceau during
the armistice and peace negotiations. Foch argued strongly for the
creation of Allied bridgeheads across the Rhine River to ensure
that a less populous and less industrialized France could defeat a
vengeful Germany in the future if necessary. His public quarrels
with Clemenceau, who did not share Fochs opinion and did not care
for his interference, left the French Third Republic with a
civil-military crisis as menacing as the one with which it began
World War I. Fochs legacies are both positive and negative, but he
left a profound impact on the twentieth century. Michael S. Neiberg
masterfully analyzes this complex man and provides a solid overview
of French political history against the fabric of the twentieth
century's first industrialized war. |
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