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The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
Edited by Hew Strachan
368 pages
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23 colour plates, numerous black and white halftones, 7 maps
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246x189mm
978-0-19-289325-3
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Paperback
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09 November 2000
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- Based on original research by leading historians
- Comprehensive coverage of every aspect of the war
- Explores issues such as propaganda, mobilization of resources, and the legacy of the war in memory
- Sold over 12,000 copies in hardback (5,000 in the UK)
- Paperback publication to coincide with an Oxford Illustrated Histories promotion focused on British history
- 140 b/w illustrations, 16 pages of colour plates, 7 maps, full index
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 international team of experts explores the war in all its different aspects. From its causes to its consequences, from the Western Front to the Eastern, from the human consequences assessed. Chapters on economic mobilization, the impact on women, the role of propaganda, and the rise of socialism establish the wider social context of fighting which took place at sea and in the air and which ranged on land from the Flanders trenches to the Balkan mountains and the deserts of the Middle East.
While the war was fought on many fronts and in many different ways, the unifying experience of participants was that of the trenches. The legacy of 'the war to end wars' in poetry and prose, in collective memory and
political culture is with us still, eighty years after that first Armistice Day.Readership: Readers interested in the First World War; historians of the twentieth century; military historians
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Edited by Hew Strachan, Professor of Modern History, University of Glasgow; Life Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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Hew Strachan: Introduction
1: Samuel R. Williamson Jr: The Origins of the War
2: L. L. Farrar: The Strategy of the Central Powers 1914-1917
3: D. E. Showalter: Manoeuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts 1914-1915
4: David French: The Strategy of the Entente Powers
5: R. J. Crampton: The Balkans 1914-1918
6: Ulrich Trumpener: Turkey's War
7: David Killingray: The War in Africa
8: Paul Halpern: The War at Sea
9: B. J. C. McKercher: Economic Warfare
10: Hew Strachan: Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, and Machines
11: Gail Braybon: Women, War, and Work
12: J. A. Turner: The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts
13: Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson: Eastern Front and Western Front, 1916-1917
14: David Englander: Mutinies and Military Morale
15: David Stevenson: War Aims and Peace Negotiations
16: J. M. Winter: Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent
17: John Horne: Socialism, Peace, and Revolution 1917-1918
18: David Trask: The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects
19: Holger H. Herwig: The German Victories, 1917-1918
20: John H. Morrow, Jr.: The War in the Air
21: Tim Travers: The Allied Victories, 1918
22: Zara Steiner: The Peace Settlement
23: Modris Eksteins: Memory and the Great War
Further Reading; Illustration Sources; Index
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