The Great War

The Great War
Title The Great War PDF eBook
Author Jim Kay Jim
Publisher
Pages 304
Release 2016-11-01
Genre
ISBN 9781406370713

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A World Undone

A World Undone
Title A World Undone PDF eBook
Author G. J. Meyer
Publisher Bantam
Pages 818
Release 2007-05-29
Genre History
ISBN 0553382403

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world “Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn generations of admirers.”—The Washington Times On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War: four long years of slaughter, physical and moral exhaustion, and the near collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. Praise for A World Undone “Meyer’s sketches of the British Cabinet, the Russian Empire, the aging Austro-Hungarian Empire . . . are lifelike and plausible. His account of the tragic folly of Gallipoli is masterful. . . . [A World Undone] has an instructive value that can scarcely be measured”—Los Angeles Times “An original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century.”—Steve Gillon, resident historian, The History Channel

The Story of the Great War

The Story of the Great War
Title The Story of the Great War PDF eBook
Author Francis Joseph Reynolds
Publisher
Pages 544
Release 1916
Genre World War, 1914-1918
ISBN

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A History of the Great War, 1914–1918

A History of the Great War, 1914–1918
Title A History of the Great War, 1914–1918 PDF eBook
Author C.R.M.F. Cruttwell
Publisher Chicago Review Press
Pages 688
Release 2019-09-03
Genre History
ISBN 0897336607

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This vivid, detailed history of World War I presents the general reader with an accurate and readable account of the campaigns and battles, along with brilliant portraits of the leaders and generals of all countries involved. Scrupulously fair, praising and blaming friend and enemy as circumstances demand, this has become established as the classic account of the first world-wide war.

The Historiography of World War I from 1918 to the Present

The Historiography of World War I from 1918 to the Present
Title The Historiography of World War I from 1918 to the Present PDF eBook
Author Christoph Cornelissen
Publisher Berghahn Books
Pages 516
Release 2022-11-11
Genre History
ISBN 1800737270

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From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, studied and contested, producing a rich historiography shaped by the social and cultural circumstances of its creation. Writing the Great War provides a groundbreaking survey of this vast body of work, assembling contributions on a variety of national and regional historiographies from some of the most prominent scholars in the field. By analyzing perceptions of the war in contexts ranging from Nazi Germany to India’s struggle for independence, this is an illuminating collective study of the complex interplay of memory and history.

The Great War

The Great War
Title The Great War PDF eBook
Author Peter Hart
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 546
Release 2013
Genre History
ISBN 0199976279

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Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. -Total war- emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders on all sides. He surveys the belligerent nations, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and strategic imperatives. Russia, for example, was obsessed with securing an exit from the Black Sea, while France--having lost to Prussia in 1871, before Germany united--constructed a network of defensive alliances, even as it held a grudge over the loss of Alsace-Lorraine. Hart offers deft portraits of the commanders, the prewar plans, and the unexpected obstacles and setbacks that upended the initial operations.

Fighting the Great War

Fighting the Great War
Title Fighting the Great War PDF eBook
Author Michael S. NEIBERG
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 416
Release 2009-06-30
Genre History
ISBN 0674041399

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Michael Neiberg offers a concise history based on the latest research and insights into the soldiers, commanders, battles, and legacies of the Great War.