The First World War
$36.07
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2005
Summary
Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan 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 relat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143035183 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143035185 |
| Author: | Hew Strachan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 155mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
This serious, compact survey of the war
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
Hew Strachan
Hew Strachan (winner of the 2016 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing) is the Chichele Professor of the History of War and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University. The editor of The Oxford History of the First World War, he is writing a three-volume history of the First World War, the first volume of which was published in 2001 to wide acclaim.
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