The First World War shaped the modern world we still live in. It began with the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne by a Bosnian Serb. Over the next five years the world saw the introduction of the tank, the ship convoy, submarine warfare, aerial bombardment, and mustard gas. By the time it was over, the map of Europe was forever changed and a generation of young men had been decimated. The author, a distinguished historian and biographer, covers the entire length of the war in these 864 pages. There are 100 halftone illustrations and 50 maps.
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Description: NF-F with top edge remainder mark. Bookstore Overstock-shelf wear only. This chronological account of World War I focuses on the fighting on each battlefront. Bibliography. Index.
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1996. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket.
Description: Near Fine. No DJ. 9 x 6.6 x 1.5 inches. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. No markings from previous owners. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Text block is clean. Spine is uncreased. Covers are clean and bright with some slight edge wear and curling to corners.
"I gave it 4 stars but it may deserve 5. An excellent, moving account of WW I -- the Great War -- the tragic and unnecessary war. Filled with a profound sense of irony and tragedy. Highly recommended."
"A very enlightening book - one wonders why the face of Western Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East looks the way it does - this will explain.
It seems that from this war, old empires fell, modern countries were formed, the glories of conflict was forever erased (gas, trenches, machine guns vs frontal charges on foot), and the seeds of more savage conflicts were sown.
It was startling to read that in so many countries after the first few years of the conflict, the numbers of anti-war protestors, mutinies, and strikes occured. The Bolsheviks pulled out of the war, though certainly not to avoid conflict, but to concentrate on their own consolidation of power. Individuals such as Albert Einstein emerged as consistently skeptical of nationalism, and war itself. The story of soldiers joining spontaneously in the first December of the war to celebrate christmas together never occurred again.
And then, nearly all the actors of WW II were present - Churchill, Hitler, Goering, Himmler, DeGaulle, Patton.
Such a different age - the war and its carnage was the subject of many poems - everyone it seems had a story to tell in rhyme. The author, Martin Gilbert, is just a very good writer - tries to inject the personal stories with the broader events."
"I gave it 4 stars but it may deserve 5. An excellent, moving account of WW I -- the Great War -- the tragic and unnecessary war. Filled with a profound sense of irony and tragedy. Highly recommended."
"The best single volume history of WW1 that I have read. Martin Gilbert writes about life during cataclysmic world events not about the cataclysmic events themselves. Often you can forget that you are reading a book about a war at all, more you are reading about the clash of destinies from people all the way up to entire cultures and philosophies. I could go on and on. Reading both this book and his book on ww2 instead of one or the other would definately be the way to go."
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