A Brief History of the First World War

Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically the senselessness of war, and none has shaped the modern world to the same extent, from its impact on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Hitler to the final break-up of the British Empire and the supremacy of America. These compelling eyewitness accounts - over 180 of them - of the War to End All Wars cover every facet of the war, from the Flanders trenches to the staffrooms of the Imperial German Army, from T. E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') in the desert to German figher ace the Red Baron in the air, and from English Land Girls to German U-boat crews in the North Atlantic. There are contributions from all combatant nations, including the UK, USA, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Australia, Russia, Serbia, and India and the book includes a detailed timeline and maps.

Info autore

JON E. LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire.

Riassunto

The First World War in vivid, personal detail, in the voices of those who lived it

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon E Lewis, Jon E. Lewis, Jon. E Lewis
• Con la collaborazione di: Jo E Lewis (Editore), Jon E Lewis (Editore), Jon E. Lewis (Editore)
• Editore: Robinson Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9781472108531
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-0853-1
• Pagine: 528
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 195 mm x 36 mm
• Serie: Robinson Publishing; Brief Histories; Brief Histories
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, c 1910 to c 1919, General and world history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I