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.
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