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First World War (Opus) (Opus S)
Professor Keith Robbins
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Paperback. This book gives a clear chronological account of the campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and then moves on to investigate areas that many studies ignore - the war poets, the diplomacy of war-aims and peace moves, logistics, and 'the experience of the war'. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
The tragic slaughter of the trenches is imprinted on modern memory; but it is more difficult to grasp the wider extent and significance of the First World War. This book gives a clear chronological account of the campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and then moves on to investigate areas that many studies ignore - the war poets, the diplomacy of war aims and peace moves, logistics, and 'the experience of the war'. It was soon seen that `war has nothing to do with chivalry any more', but it was harder to say what the First World War ... Read more
The tragic slaughter of the trenches is imprinted on modern memory; but it is more difficult to grasp the wider extent and significance of the First World War. This book gives a clear chronological account of the campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and then moves on to investigate areas that many studies ignore - the war poets, the diplomacy of war aims and peace moves, logistics, and 'the experience of the war'. It was soon seen that `war has nothing to do with chivalry any more', but it was harder to say what the First World War ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192803184
SKU
V9780192803184
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About Professor Keith Robbins
Professor Keith Robbins is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter. His many publications include Churchill, Eclipse of a Great Power: Modern Britain, 1870-1992, and most recently Politicians, Diplomacy, and War in Modern British History.
Reviews for First World War (Opus) (Opus S)
a most interesting, indeed compelling, analysis
Bruno Derrick, Tablet
Bruno Derrick, Tablet