Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War

Name: Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
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ISBN: 9780192893253

ISBN-10: 0192893254

ISBN-13: 9780192893253

Edition: 2000

Authors: Hew Strachan

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The First World War was a war of extraordinary intensity and one which has shaped the history of the twentieth century. It was the first conflict in which aeroplanes, submarines, and tanks played a significant role, the first in which casualties on the battlefield outnumbered those from disease. The USA's entry into the war and the part it played in the peace settlement signalled the arrival on the world stage of a new great power. The victors at Versailles took nationalism as one of their guiding principles; they also aimed at instituting their vision of liberalism and even democracy; the political consequences are still being played out. In this extensively illustrated book, an…

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List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/22/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



List of Colour Plates


List of Maps


Notes on Contributors


Introduction




The Origins of the War




The Strategy of the Central Powers, 1914-1917




Manoeuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts, 1914-1915




The Strategy of the Entente Powers, 1914-1917




The Balkans, 1914-1918




Turkey's War




The War in Africa




The War at Sea




Economic Warfare




Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, and Machines




Women, War, and Work




The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts




Eastern Front and Western Front, 1916-1917




Mutinies and Military Morale




War Aims and Peace Negotiations




Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent




Socialism, Peace, and Revolution, 1917-1918




The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects




The German Victories, 1917-1918




The War in the Air




The Allied Victories, 1918




The Peace Settlement




Memory and the Great War



Further Reading


Illustration Sources


Index