Download or read book The Marne, 1914 written by Holger H. Herwig and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluates the Battle of the Marne as what the author believes to be the most important land battle of the 20th century, in an account that analyzes the strategies of Germany's plan to capture France and how its failure culminated in a catastrophic trench war.