First World War (Opus Books) - Hardcover

Robbins, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192191632 ISBN 13: 9780192191632

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1984

Synopsis

Some foxing, page edges tanned, Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

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Review

"A quick, sharp, very well written book....[Robbins] demonstrates a unique ability to reduce a great deal of information to a readable and concise account."--Choice"Robbins has sought to consolidate the abundant literature on World War I into a concise, readable statement of less than two hundred pages. On the whole he has succeeded admirably....exceptionally comprehensive....a provocative and thoughtful account."--Meredith W. Berg, The Historian"The book is ideal for an undergraduate western civilization course, an upper-division course in twentieth-century Europe, or a world politics class in political science."--Teaching History "A quick, sharp, very well written book....[Robbins] demonstrates a unique ability to reduce a great deal of information to a readable and concise account."--Choice "Robbins has sought to consolidate the abundant literature on World War I into a concise, readable statement of less than two hundred pages. On the whole he has succeeded admirably....exceptionally comprehensive....a provocative and thoughtful account."--Meredith W. Berg, The Historian "The book is ideal for an undergraduate western civilization course, an upper-division course in twentieth-century Europe, or a world politics class in political science."--Teaching History "A quick, sharp, very well written book....[Robbins] demonstrates a unique ability to reduce a great deal of information to a readable and concise account."--Choice "Robbins has sought to consolidate the abundant literature on World War I into a concise, readable statement of less than two hundred pages. On the whole he has succeeded admirably....exceptionally comprehensive....a provocative and thoughtful account."--Meredith W. Berg, The Historian "The book is ideal for an undergraduate western civilization course, an upper-division course in twentieth-century Europe, or a world politics class in political science."--Teaching History "A quick, sharp, very well written book....[Robbins] demonstrates a unique ability to reduce a great deal of information to a readable and concise account."--Choice"Robbins has sought to consolidate the abundant literature on World War I into a concise, readable statement of less than two hundred pages. On the whole he has succeeded admirably....exceptionally comprehensive....a provocative and thoughtful account."--Meredith W. Berg, The Historian"The book is ideal for an undergraduate western civilization course, an upper-division course in twentieth-century Europe, or a world politics class in political science."--Teaching History "A quick, sharp, very well written book....�Robbins� demonstrates a unique ability to reduce a great deal of information to a readable and concise account."--Choice"Robbins has sought to consolidate the abundant literature on World War I into a concise, readable statement of less than two hundred pages. On the whole he has succeeded admirably....exceptionally comprehensive....a provocative and thoughtful account."--Meredith W. Berg, The Historian"The book is ideal for an undergraduate western civilization course, an upper-division course in twentieth-century Europe, or a world politics class in political science."--Teaching History

About the Author

Professor Keith Robbins is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter. His many publications include Churchill, Eclipse of a Great Power: Modern Britain, 1870-1992, and most recently Politicians, Diplomacy, and War in Modern British History.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192191632
• ISBN 13: 9780192191632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194