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NAL CALIBER Hardcover October 2013<br />
vERDuN<br />
The Lost History of the Most Important<br />
Battle of World War I, 1914-1918<br />
John Mosier<br />
978-0-451-41462-5 • $26.95/$28.50 Can.<br />
Hardcover<br />
400 pp./6” x 9”/Carton: 24/Military Nonfiction<br />
rights: W00<br />
First serial, Audio, uK/ANZ, translation: NAL signet<br />
other: Hornfischer Literary Management<br />
P.o. Box 50544<br />
Austin, tX 78763<br />
Publishing History: original<br />
On sale October 1, 2013<br />
suggested order<br />
Photo ©<br />
The World War I battle that cost almost one<br />
million lives—explored as never before.<br />
Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the<br />
First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Yet it is also<br />
one of the most complex and misunderstood, in a war only imperfectly<br />
grasped. Our understanding of Verdun has long been mired in myths,<br />
false assumptions, propaganda, and distortions.<br />
In Verdun, revisionist historian John Mosier proposes a new <strong>view</strong>,<br />
examining the battle plans and the end goals of both high commands.<br />
Using numerous accounts of military analysts, serving officers, and<br />
eyewitnesses, including French sources that have never been translated,<br />
Mosier offers up a compelling reassessment of the Great War’s most<br />
important battle.<br />
Praise for John Mosier:<br />
“One of the more entertainingly contrarian military historians<br />
writing today.” —The Washington Times<br />
“[A] brilliant recasting of the traditional military narrative.”<br />
—30—<br />
—Niall Ferguson<br />
“Clear-eyed [and] compelling.” —The Boston Globe<br />
MARKETING<br />
• National and regional radio inter<strong>view</strong>s<br />
• Print features and re<strong>view</strong>s<br />
• Online advertising<br />
• Online re<strong>view</strong>s and author inter<strong>view</strong>s<br />
• Social media outreach<br />
SALES POINTS<br />
• Coincides with the 100th anniversary of World War I in 2014<br />
• Mosier is a well-known revisionist historian, often creating controversy with<br />
his challenging re-assessments of alleged historical facts<br />
John Mosier is a professor at Loyola University in New Orleans. His books on<br />
the World Wars, including The Myth of the Great War and Hitler vs. Stalin, have<br />
given him a reputation as a leading revisionist historian.<br />
Author website: johnfmosier.com
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