The Long Shadow - The Great War and the Twentieth Century

In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to personal tragedies, however moving, we have lost the big picture: the history has been distilled into poetry. In TheLong Shadow, critically acclaimed author David Reynolds seeks to redress the balance by exploring the true impact of 1914-18 on the 20th century. Some of the Great War''s legacies were negative and pernicious but others proved transformative in a positive sense. Exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism and re-examining the differing impacts of the War on Britain, Ireland and the United States,TheLong Shadowthrows light on the whole of the last century and demonstrates that 1914-18 is a conflict that Britain, more than any other nation, is still struggling to comprehend. Stunningly broad in its historical perspective, The Long Shadowis a magisterial and seismic re-presentation of the Great War.

Product details

• Authors: David, David Reynolds
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2014
• EAN: 9780857206374
• ISBN: 978-0-85720-637-4
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 200 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert, Erster Weltkrieg, First World War, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, General and world history, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I