The making of the First World War / Ian F. W. Beckett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckett, Ian F. W. (Ian Frederick William), 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 recurso en línea

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly a century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the devastating global conflict that followed echo still. In this provocative book, historian Ian Beckett turns the spotlight on twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to shape the world today. Focusing on episodes both well known and scarcely remembered, Beckett tells the story of the Great War from a new perspective, stressing accident as much as strategy, the small as well as the great, the social as well as the military, and the long term as much as the short term. The Making of the First World War is global in scope. The book travels from the deliberately flooded fields of Belgium to the picture palaces of Britain's cinema, from the idealism of Wilson's Washington to the catastrophic German Lys offensive of 1918. While war is itself an agent of change, Beckett shows, the most significant developments occur not only on the battlefields or in the corridors of power, but also in hearts and minds. Nor may the decisive turning points during years of conflict be those that were thought to be so at the time. With its wide reach and unexpected conclusions, this book revises-and expands-our understanding of the legacy of the First World War.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1. The Silent Conqueror

2. The Widening of the War

3. The Making of a Nation

4. The Man and the Hour

5. The Power of Image

6. The Death of Kings

7. The Ungentlemanly Weapon

8. The Path to Revolution

9. The Shadow of the Bomber

10. The Promised Land

11. The Moral Imperative

12. The Last Throw

Conclusion

NOTES

FURTHER READING

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283656573

1283656574

9780300163667

0300163665

OCLC:

1024017414

Publisher Number:

(ebook)