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The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New Edition
Hew Strachan
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Description for The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New Edition
Paperback. A team of some of the world's most distinguished First World War historians chart the causes, course, and profound political and human consequences of a conflict that changed the world Editor(s): Strachan, Hew. Num Pages: 400 pages, 23 colour plates, 130 black and white illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
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. A fourth, Russia, was in the throes of a revolution that helped define the rest of the twentieth century. The Oxford History of the First World War brings together in one volume many of the most distinguished historians of the ... Read more
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. A fourth, Russia, was in the throes of a revolution that helped define the rest of the twentieth century. The Oxford History of the First World War brings together in one volume many of the most distinguished historians of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Oxford Illustrated History
Condition
New
Weight
781g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198743125
SKU
V9780198743125
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About Hew Strachan
Sir Hew Strachan was born in Edinburgh in 1949, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow between 1975 and 1992. He was Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow between 1992 and 2001, and founded its Scottish Centre for War Studies. From 2002 to 2015 he was Chichele Professor of the History ... Read more
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[an] elegant, superbly compiled book
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