World War I A Short History

Name: World War I A Short History
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ISBN: 9780130205513

ISBN-10: 0130205516

ISBN-13: 9780130205513

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Michael J. Lyons

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For junior/senior-level courses on World War I, Military History, 20th Century Europe. This text explores in detailand with unusual claritythe complexities of the origins, course, and momentous effects of World War I. It focuses not only on the grand scale of the war, but on its everyday realities for the common soldier and the civilian populations on the Western, Eastern and other fronts.

Book details

List price: $125.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/20/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 354
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232




Europe Before 1914: The Political, Social, and Economic Setting



The Great Powers and the Growth of Tension



The Explosive Balkans



The July Crisis and the Outbreak of War



Great Expectations: War Plans and the Short War Illusion



1914: Deadlock on the Western Front



1914: Deadlock on the Eastern Front



1915: The Western Front and Gallipoli



1915: Stalemate in the South, Allied Disaster in the East



1916: The Hell of Verdun and the Somme



1916: Attrition in the South and East



The War at Sea and in the Air



War Aims and Total War



Total War and the Home Fronts



The Russian Revolutions



The United States Enters the War



1917: Crisis for the Allies



The War Outside Europe



1918: Germany's Last Bid for Victory



1918: Collapse of the Central Powers



The Postwar Settlement



The Troubled Aftermath


Additional Reading


Index