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The Great War: 1914-1918 Peter Hart

The Great War: 1914-1918 By Peter Hart

The Great War: 1914-1918 by Peter Hart


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Summary

The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of history. Empires fell, others were crippled and new contenders emerged. Markets crashed, and millions would be affected by the Depression that followed. This book presents a history of the conflict whose 100th anniversary is fast approaching.

The Great War: 1914-1918 Summary

The Great War: 1914-1918 by Peter Hart

The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. Empires fell, others were crippled and new contenders emerged. Economies crashed, and millions would be affected by the Depression that followed. Understanding The Great War is crucial to understanding the history of the twentieth century and the present day. In this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers. He focuses in particular on explaining how technology and tactics developed during the conflict - and determined which battles were crucial to its outcome. Combatants from every corner of Earth joined the fray, but their voices are rarely heard together. This is a major history of the conflict whose 100th anniversary is fast approaching.

The Great War: 1914-1918 Reviews

Gripping...I would highly recommend this book, not only for the honest appraisal of all the main characters and countries involved, but because it gives a voice to those who paid the ultimate price, often for no purpose whatsoever * Morning Star *
Praise for The Somme: 'The most comprehensive and insightful account of the vast tragedy of the Somme that I have read * Spectator *
Praise for Gallipoli 'Superb... a serious and important work on Gallipoli. It is researched in fine detail and written in Peter Hart's increasingly excellent style * Press Association *
A valuable, timely and highly readable overview of the Great War on all major fronts -- Professor Peter Simkins
Thought provoking, erudite, yet eminently readable and entertaining: Peter Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers. -- Richard Van Emden
Immensely readable...Hart excels not only at making it intelligible but also at turning it into a gripping narrative, which includes extensive and moving quotations from soldiers and sailors who bore the consequences of their commanders' decisions and faced the realities of combat...Hart's book will contribute to a sea change in our understanding of the war during the years of the centenary. -- John Horne * Irish Times *

About Peter Hart

Peter Hart is Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum and a leading expert on the First World War. He is the co-author of Passchendaele and Jutland, and the author of books including The Somme [9780304367651] and Gallipoli [9781846681592].

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9781846682469
1846682460
The Great War: 1914-1918 by Peter Hart
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Profile Books Ltd
2013-04-04
608
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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