856 Pages
by
Routledge
856 Pages
by
Routledge
856 Pages
by
Routledge
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The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict's strategic, political, economic, social and cultural impact. Starting with the context and origins of the war, including assasination, misunderstanding and... Read more
CONTENTS:
1. Another Country
2. Guns in August
3. Over by Christmas
4. Widening Horizons
5. Westerners and Easterners
6. New Ways of War
7. Nations in Arms
8. War and the State
9. War and Society
10. War, Politics and Revolution
11. Victors and Vanquished
12. Wastelands?
Biography
Ian Beckett is an internationally renowned specialist on the Great War. His publications include such acclaimed titles as Ypres : The Last Battle , 1914 (2004). The First World War: The Essential Guide to Sources in the UK National Archives (2003), and A Nation in Arms: A Social Study of the British Army in the First World War (with Keith Simpson) (1985)
