The First World War. Volume 1, To arms / Hew Strachan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strachan, Hew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2432 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In Hew Strachan's authoritative and readable history these fresh perspectives are incorporated with the military and strategicnarrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction; 1. The Origins of the War; 2. Willingly to War; 3. The Western Front in 1914; 4. The Eastern Front in 1914; 5. The War in Northern Waters, 1914-1915; 6. War in the Pacific, 1914-1917; 7. The Dark Continent: Colonial Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8. Turkey's Entry; 9. Germany's Global Strategy; 10. Financing the War; 11. Industrial Mobilization; 12. Conclusion: The Ideas of 1914; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1140-1190) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-160834-3

1-282-36578-9

9786612365782

0-19-151878-6

OCLC:

823719844