The First World War
This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In Hew Strachan's authoritative and readable history these fresh perspectives are incorporated with the military and strategicnarrative. The result …
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- Full title :The First World War / Hew Strachan.
Summary
This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In Hew Strachan's authoritative and readable history these fresh perspectives are incorporated with the military and strategicnarrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative.
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- Publication Date:2003, ©2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford [England]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003, ©2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xix, 1227 pages) : : maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0191608343, 9780191608346, 1282365789, 9781282365780, 9786612365782, 6612365781, 0191518786, 9780191518782
- oclc:ocn646787777
- LC Classification:D521
- Dewey Decimal:940.3
Table of Contents
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction; 1. The Origins of the War; 2. Willingly to War; 3. The Western Front in 1914; 4. The Eastern Front in 1914; 5. The War in Northern Waters, 1914-1915; 6. War in the Pacific, 1914-1917; 7. The Dark Continent: Colonial Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8. Turkey's Entry; 9. Germany's Global Strategy; 10. Financing the War; 11. Industrial Mobilization; 12. Conclusion: The Ideas of 1914; Bibliography; Index
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