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The Great War and the Twentieth Century
Contributor(s): Winter, Jay (Editor), Parker, Geoffrey (Editor), Habeck, Mary R. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0300212046     ISBN-13: 9780300212044
Publisher: Yale University Press
OUR PRICE: $46.20  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War I
- History | Modern - 20th Century
Dewey: 940.3
LCCN: 00028212
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.00 lbs) 366 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
World War I, the first "total war" in history, set in motion profound changes in the economies, demographics, and philosophies of the warring states. In this book, leading experts on the Great War discuss its causes, character, and legacy. Their writings show that to study World War I is to encounter not only the dissolution of the four defeated empires--Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey--but also the collapse of the optimistic assumption of progress that had defined the nineteenth century. The analysis of the Great War, in fact, provides an essential framework for our understanding of the entire twentieth century. The book draws together military history, international history, and cultural history to offer a wide-ranging summary of current knowledge and debate regarding the First World War.

Contributors to this volume:

Modris Eksteins, Gerald Feldman, William C. Fuller, Jr., Mary R. Habeck, Holger H. Herwig, John Horne, Michael Howard, A. S. Kanya-Forstner, Leonard V. Smith, Zara Steiner, David Stevenson
 
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