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1. World War, 1914–1918. 2. World War, 1914–1918 – Political aspects. 3. World War, 1914–1918 – Social aspects. I. Winter, J. M., editor. II. Title: History of the First World War. d521.c36 2013 940.3–dc23 2013007649 isbn 978-0-521-76385-1 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of
1 de may. de 2016 · English. The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live, and its legacy lives on, in poetry, in prose, in collective memory and political culture. By the time the war ended in 1918, millions lay dead. Three major empires lay shattered by defeat, those of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans.
It will provide a broad understanding of the causes of the war, the conduct of war on the battlefield, the social and economic mobilization for war at home, the political and economic and social consequences of the war, its broader cultural impact, and the ongoing legacy of the war.
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30 de jun. de 2022 · The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live. This volume brings together essays by distinguished historians, covering the war's causes and consequences; strategy and tactics; and its political and human legacies. Originally published: 1998.
In all these ways, the twentieth century could be said to have been born on the morning of June 28, 1914. Now, in a companion volume to his acclaimed The Second World War, Martin Gilbert weaves together all of these elements to create a stunning, dramatic, and informative narrative.
about the origins of the First World War, including The Politics of Grand Strategy: Britain and France Prepare for War, and Austria-Hungary and the Origins of the First World War. In articles and reviews he has often argued that Russian actions in 1914 require reevaluation, and that German actions should be judged from a comparative, rather than a
First World War (1914–18), largely a European conflict, left over 8 million combatants dead and was dubbed by contemporaries as the ‘war to end all wars’. The Second World War (1939–45), a truly global conflict, left over 45 million dead, and evokes the dreadful images of the Holocaust and Hiroshima.
