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 ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Owl Books, TPB, 1996. Clean, reasonably tight, light wear, no markings or highlighting. Check my store for other military history titles. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780805015409ISBN:080501540X
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 080501540x. No chips, tears, marks. Interior clean and tight. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled on top edge. Delivery confirmation number provided.; 1.7 x 9.8 x 7.1 Inches; A companion volume to the highly acclaimed The Second World War recounts the course of the war, the enormity of its cost, the advances it brought in technology, and its effect on European society. 25, 000 first printing. read more
Description: Very Good. Owl Books, TPB, 2004. Clean, reasonably tight, light wear on corners, no markings. Check my store for other military history titles. 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
Edition: Reprint
Binding: wraps
Publisher: Henry Holt, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780805047349ISBN:0805047344
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. 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
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt, New York
Description: NF/NF. 1994. First American Edition. First printing. Hardcover. Dust Jacket now protected in BRODART clear plastic cover. 615pp. Index. Photos. 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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