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Zusatztext [an] elegant, superbly compiled book Informationen zum Autor Sir Hew Strachan was born in Edinburgh in 1949, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow between 1975 and 1992. He was Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow between 1992 and 2001, and founded its Scottish Centre for War Studies. From 2002 to 2015 he was Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of All Souls College, and between 2003 and 2012 he directed the Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War. Since 2015 he has been Professor of International Relations at St Andrews University. Klappentext A team of some of the world's most distinguished First World War historians chart the causes, course, and profound political and human consequences of a conflict that changed the world Zusammenfassung A team of some of the world's most distinguished First World War historians chart the causes, course, and profound political and human consequences of a conflict that changed the world Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Samuel R. Williamson, Jr: The Origins of the War 2: Holger Afflerbach: The Strategy of the Central Powers, 1914-1917 3: D. E. Showalter: Manoeuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts, 1914-1915 4: David French: The Strategy of the Entente Powers, 1914-1917 5: R. J. Crampton: The Balkans, 1914-1918 6: Ulrich Trumpener: Turkey's War 7: David Killingray: The War in Africa 8: Paul G. Halpern: The War at Sea 9: B. J. C. McKercher: Economic Warfare 10: Hew Strachan: Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, Machines 11: Susan Grayzel: The Role of Women in War 12: J. A. Turner: The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts 13: Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson: Eastern Front and Western Front, 1916-1917 14: Alexander Watson: Mutinies and Military Morale 15: David Stevenson: War Aims and Peace Negotiations 16: J. M. Winter: Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent 17: John Horne: Socialism, Peace, and Revolution, 1917-1918 18: David Trask: The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects 19: Holger H. Herwig: The German Victories, 1917-1918 20: John H. Morrow, Jr: The War in the Air 21: Tim Travers: The Allied Victories, 1918 22: Zara Steiner: The Peace Settlement 23: Robert Gerwarth: No End to War 24: Modris Eksteins: Memory and the Great War Further Reading Index ...
