About this title: 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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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Very Good. No DJ. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxiv, 616 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 26 cm. VG. Mild handling soil/foreedge, otherwise tight & clean. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Another copy available. "It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11: 15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would end officially almost five years later. Unofficially, it has never ended: the horrors we ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition 3rd Printing HB US
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Very Good+Ex-Library'n Mylar in Very Good+ in Mylar jacket. Ex-Library Ex-Library with the ususal markings ans and attachments. Book is tight, square, glossy and text is otherwise unmarked. Delivery Confirmation included. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780805047349ISBN:0805047344
Description: Very Good. 0805047344 crisp tight paperback clean interior. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holt and Company, New York, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. A very bright reading copy. Book and jacket have some wera; no tears or chips. No previous owner's marks. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Date Published: 1996-05-15
ISBN-13:9780805047349ISBN:0805047344
Description: Good. Mild shelf wear; Corners mildly bumped\worn; Mild tanning\soiling to page edges; Mild rubbing to covers; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Like new-crisp, bright, and unmarked. Excellent dust jacket in a new Mylar protective cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Very Good-Used in Good jacket. / 080501540x. Dj has shelf wear. Pages are clean and tight. Ships with confirming email. 100% money back guarantee. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Near Fine in Near FIne jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket; no previous owner's marks. Jacket has a small tear to upper front edge. read more
Edition: First US
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Minor corner bumping with one small bump to the bottom of the front board. Some edgewear and rubbing to the dust jacket. Clean, tight text. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Cloth and Boards
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: b&w photo Illus. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo; 3 Pounds. 615 pages; dj in mylar (unclipped) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt Co., New York, NY
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: 33 Maps, 12 B/W Photos. Like New/Fine. W/Dust Jacket 332pgs(Index) Price clipped, o.w. clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. Stamp, word inside rear endpaper, o.w. clean, bright & tight. DJ not chipped, torn, etc. Rest of book in Fine condition. ISBN 080501540X. read more
"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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