The Marne, 1914By: Holger H. Herwig For the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars and the world. With exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Holger H. Herwig re creates the dramatic battle and reinterprets Germanys aggressive Schlieffen Plan as a carefully crafted design to avoid a protracted