Trench Warfare 1850-1950

"This book examines the development of trench warfare from the siege of Sebastopol 1854-55, through the American Civil War, 1861-65 to the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05. The author then goes on to examine the evolution of trench fighting on the Western Front 1914-18 and discusses its role in the Second World War and the Korean War ... Trench warfare 1850-1950 discusses the undisputed influence of trench warfare on military thinking over the period and, in particular, considers how the stalemate on the Western Front was overcome"--Jacket