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 four-volume series, the definitive study of the First World War on the Eastern Front.

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• List of IllustrationsList of MapsAuthor's NoteDramatis PersonaeIntroduction1. The German War Machine2. The Russian Steamroller3. Austria-Hungary: the Other Sick Man of Europe4. Over the Brink5. The First Battles: Stallupönen and Gumbinnen6. Crisis of Command7. Tannenberg8. The Illusion of Victory: Galicia, August 19149. The Battle for the Masurian Lakes10. The Reality of Defeat: Galicia, September 191411. A Bloody Sideshow: The Serbian Front12. Mud and Blood: Autumn in Poland13. Lódz14. The First Christmas15. Disappointments and IllusionsAppendix: Place NamesNotesBibliographyIndex

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 four-volume series, the definitive study of the First World War on the Eastern Front.

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• List of IllustrationsList of MapsAuthor's NoteDramatis PersonaeIntroduction1. The German War Machine2. The Russian Steamroller3. Austria-Hungary: the Other Sick Man of Europe4. Over the Brink5. The First Battles: Stallupönen and Gumbinnen6. Crisis of Command7. Tannenberg8. The Illusion of Victory: Galicia, August 19149. The Battle for the Masurian Lakes10. The Reality of Defeat: Galicia, September 191411. A Bloody Sideshow: The Serbian Front12. Mud and Blood: Autumn in Poland13. Lódz14. The First Christmas15. Disappointments and IllusionsAppendix: Place NamesNotesBibliographyIndex