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First World War by Hew Strachan (2005, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143035185

ISBN-139780143035183

eBay Product ID (ePID)150525664

Product Key Features

Book TitleFirst World War

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicModern / 20th Century, Military / World War I, World

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorHew Strachan

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-062191

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsThis serious, compact survey of the warâ€™s history stands out as the most well- informed, accessible work available. ( Los Angeles Times ) What Strachan offers is history as only the professionals can do it, and rarely enough even then. (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker ) Likely to be the most indispensable one-volume work on the subject since John Keeganâ€™s First World War. ( Publishers Weekly ) A brilliant feat. (John Keegan) Quite simply the best short history of the war in print. (Dennis Showalter), Praise for The First World War : "This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available." - Los Angeles Times "What Strachan offers is history as only the professionals can do it, and rarely enough even then." - Adam Gopnik , The New Yorker "Likely to be the most indispensable one-volume work on the subject since John Keegan's First World War." - Publishers Weekly "A brilliant feat." - John Keegan "Quite simply the best short history of the war in print." - Dennis Showalter, Praise for The First World War : "This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available."-- Los Angeles Times "What Strachan offers is history as only the professionals can do it, and rarely enough even then."-- Adam Gopnik , The New Yorker "Likely to be the most indispensable one-volume work on the subject since John Keegan's First World War."-- Publishers Weekly "A brilliant feat."-- John Keegan "Quite simply the best short history of the war in print."-- Dennis Showalter, "This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available." - Los Angeles Times "What Strachan offers is history as only the professionals can do it, and rarely enough even then." - Adam Gopnik , The New Yorker "Likely to be the most indispensable one-volume work on the subject since John Keegan's First World War ." - Publishers Weekly "A brilliant feat." - John Keegan "Quite simply the best short history of the war in print." - Dennis Showalter, This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well- informed, accessible work available. (Los Angeles Times) What Strachan offers is history as only the professionals can do it, and rarely enough even then. (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker) Likely to be the most indispensable one-volume work on the subject since John Keegan’s First World War. (Publishers Weekly) A brilliant feat. (John Keegan) Quite simply the best short history of the war in print. (Dennis Showalter), Praise for The First World War : "This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available." -- Los Angeles Times "What Strachan offers is history as only the professionals can do it, and rarely enough even then." -- Adam Gopnik , The New Yorker "Likely to be the most indispensable one-volume work on the subject since John Keegan's First World War." -- Publishers Weekly "A brilliant feat." -- John Keegan "Quite simply the best short history of the war in print." -- Dennis Showalter

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal640.3

Table Of ContentMaps Introduction 1. To arms 1 2. Under the eagle 33 3. Global war 65 4. Jihad 97 5. Shackled to a corpse 129 6. Breaking the deadlock 161 7. Blockade 199 8. Revolution 251 9. Germany's last gamble 267 10. War without end 301 Acknowledgements 341 Notes 345 Index 355

Synopsis"This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available." ( Los Angeles Times ) Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan (winner of the 2016 Pritzker Literature Award) argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world, especially in hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans. Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general reader. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with extraordinarily vivid photographs and detailed maps, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield--the clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didn't last. Drawing on material culled from many countries, Strachan offers a fresh, clear-sighted perspective on how the war not only redrew the map of the world but also set in motion the most dangerous conflicts of today. Deeply learned, powerfully written, and soon to be released with a new introduction that commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, The First World War remains a landmark of contemporary history.

LC Classification NumberD521.S86 2004