The First World War (v.1) - To Arms

This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In Hew Strachan's authoritative and readable history these fresh perspectives are incorporated with the military and strategic narrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative. To Arms, the first of three volumes in this magisterial study, examines not only the causes of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea, but also the ideas that underpinned it, and the motivations of the people who supported it. It provides full and pioneering accounts of the war's finances, of the war in Africa, and of the Central Powers' bid to widen the war outside Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Hew Strachan, Hew ( Strachan, Hew (Chichele Professor of Military History Strachan, Sir Hew Strachan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2003
• EAN: 9780199261918
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926191-8
• No. of pages: 1248
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 50 mm
• Series: The First World War; The First World War; First World War (Oxford)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Battles & campaigns, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I