The first world war
"In this new edition of his account of World War I, Stuart Robson examines the experiences of nations drawn into the conflict from the perspectives of both the Home Front and the trenches. He explodes the myths and assumptions surrounding the course of the First World War and replaces them with...
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Harlow, England
Pearson Longman
2007.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Seminar studies in history.
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| 260 | |a Harlow, England |b Pearson Longman |c 2007. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 173 p. |b ill., maps |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Seminar studies in history. | |
| 500 | |a "First edition published in Great Britain in 1998"--T.p. verso | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |a PART ONE: BACKGROUND 1. War Known and War Imagined -- PART TWO: LIMITED WAR, 1914-15 2. 1914: Oops! The Plans Fail 3. Taking Stock 4. The war in 1915: Badly planned Disasters 5. The Home Fronts -- PART THREE: TOTAL WAR 6. 1916: Attrition and the Well-Planned Disaster 7. Organizing for Victory 8. Technology and Tactics 9. 1917: 'Mere Unspeakable Suffering' -- PART FOUR: 'GOING ON OR GOING UNDER' 10. The bitter End: 1918 -- PART FIVE: ASSESSMENT -- PART SIX: DOCUMENTS |
| 520 | |a "In this new edition of his account of World War I, Stuart Robson examines the experiences of nations drawn into the conflict from the perspectives of both the Home Front and the trenches. He explodes the myths and assumptions surrounding the course of the First World War and replaces them with a clear-eyed account of this 'seminal catastrophe of the Twentieth Century'. Updated throughout and written in a clear and accessible manner, this book provides students with an introduction to the events and consequences of the First World War."--BOOK JACKET | ||
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