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9780375400520
Book Title
First World War
Item Length
9.5in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
1999
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.5in
Author
John Keegan
Genre
History
Topic
Military / World War I
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
32.5 Oz
Number of Pages
496 Pages

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The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society--and in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. With The First World War, John Keegan, one of our most eminent military historians, fulfills a lifelong ambition to write the definitive account of the Great War for our generation. Probing the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ruinous conflict, Keegan takes us behind the scenes of the negotiations among Europe's crowned heads (all of them related to one another by blood) and ministers, and their doomed efforts to defuse the crisis. He reveals how, by an astonishing failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute grew to engulf an entire continent. But the heart of Keegan's superb narrative is, of course, his analysis of the military conflict. With unequalled authority and insight, he recreates the nightmarish engagements whose names have become legend--Verdun, the Somme and Gallipoli among them--and sheds new light on the strategies and tactics employed, particularly the contributions of geography and technology. No less central to Keegan's account is the human aspect. He acquaints us with the thoughts of the intriguing personalities who oversaw the tragically unnecessary catastrophe--from heads of state like Russia's hapless tsar, Nicholas II, to renowned warmakers such as Haig, Hindenburg and Joffre. But Keegan reserves his most affecting personal sympathy for those whose individual efforts history has not recorded--"the anonymous millions, indistinguishably drab, undifferentially deprived of any scrap of the glories that by tradition made the life of the man-at-arms tolerable." By the end of the war, three great empires--the Austro-Hungarian, the Russian and the Ottoman--had collapsed. But as Keegan shows, the devastation ex-tended over the entirety of Europe, and still profoundly informs the politics and culture of the continent today. His brilliant, panoramic account of this vast and terrible conflict is destined to take its place among the classics of world history. With 24 pages of photographs, 2 endpaper maps, and 15 maps in text

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375400524
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9780375400520
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Book Title
First World War
Author
John Keegan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War I
Publication Year
1999
Genre
History
Number of Pages
496 Pages

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9.5in
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Item Weight
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Copyright Date
1999
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98-031826
Dewey Decimal
940.3
Dewey Edition
21
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  • by br-9798453
    Apr 03, 2024

    One of the best first world war books I have read.

    Probably one of the best books to read on the first world war.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by woodie53
    Aug 27, 2023

    It is what it says

    I just got it 2 days ago. I haven't had a chance to start reading it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • by texasnana_attic
    Jan 09, 2024

    We need to understand war and why our youth had to did

    Glad to get this history book

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: bluevasemarketplace

  • by arne-glen
    Nov 19, 2015

    Complete one book WWI history

    If you want one book to read and get a good understanding of WWI this is a solid choice. Its a bit dry. Much more of a strategy than tactics book. Don't expect to read stories of individuals or small units, this is big picture.

  • by -cpzQSkJTha@Deleted
    Jan 05, 2017

    High Praise

    Keegan is the most respected military historian in the field of Twetieth Century conflicts. I would encourage anyone interested in this book to read the reviews of historians whose primary focus is wars and warfare in the Twentieth Century..

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