| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 379 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. The Origins of the War / Samuel R. Williamson, Jr. -- 2. The Strategy of the Central Powers, 1914-1917 / Holger Afflerbach -- 3. Manœuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts, 1914-1915 / Dennis E. Showalter -- 4. The Strategy of the Entente Powers, 1914-1917 / David French -- 5. The Balkans, 1914-1918 / Richard J. Crampton -- 6. Turkey's War / Ulrich Trumpener -- 7. The War in Africa / David Killingray -- 8. The War at Sea / Paul G. Halpern -- 9. Economic Warfare / B.J.C. McKercher -- 10. Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, and Machines / Hew Strachan -- 11. The Role of Women in the War / Susan R. Grayzel -- 12. The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts / John Turner -- 13. Eastern Front and Western Front, 1916-1917 / Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson -- 14. Mutinies and Military Morale / Alexander Watson -- 15. War Aims and Peace Negotiations / David Stevenson -- 16. Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent / J.M. Winter -- 17. Socialism, Peace, and Revolution, 1917-1918 / John Horne -- 18. The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects / David Trask -- 19. The German Victories, 1917-1918 / Holger H. Herwig -- 20. The War in the Air / John H. Morrow, Jr. -- 21. The Allied Victories, 1918 / Tim Travers -- 22. The Peace Settlement / Zara Steiner -- 23. No End to War / Robert Gerwarth -- 24. Memory and the Great War / Modris Eksteins |
| Summary |
The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live. This volume brings together essays by distinguished historians, covering the war's causes and consequences; strategy and tactics; and its political and human legacies |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-366) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strachan, Hew, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191640407 |
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0191640409 |
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1306517672 |
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9781306517676 |
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