1914: The Year the World Ended
the Year the World Ended
$42.30
- Hardcover
736 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2013
Summary
Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth: 1914 did. In July that year, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems and set the course for the bloodiest century in human history. In the longer run, the events of 1914 set the world on the path toward the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Nazism…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781864711424 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1864711426 |
| Author: | Paul Ham |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | William Heinemann Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 1.14kg |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 162mm x 62mm |
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About The Author
Paul Ham
Paul Ham is a Sydney-based historian, and the author of HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI. His previous books are VIETNAM: THE AUSTRALIAN WAR and KOKODA. ‘VIETNAM’ won the NSW Premier’s Prize for Australian History and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Prize for Non-Fiction (2008), a Walkley Award and two other State literary awards. KOKODA was shortlisted for the Walkley Award for Non-Fiction and the NSW Premier’s Prize for Non-Fiction. Since 1998, Paul has been the Australia correspondent for The London Sunday Times, covering politics, business and current affairs. He has a Masters degree in Economic History from the London School of Economic, and lives in Sydney with his wife, Marie, and son, Oliver.
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