The First World War: The War to End All Wars - Hardcover

Jukes, Geoffrey; Hickey, Michael; Simkins, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782002804 ISBN 13: 9781782002802

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterised by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun and Ypres incurred human loss on a scale never previously imagined. This book, with a foreword by Professor Hew Strachan, covers the fighting on all fronts, from Flanders to Tannenberg and from Italy to Palestine. A series of moving extracts from personal letters, diaries and journals bring to life the experiences of soldiers and civilians caught up in the war.

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About the Authors

After leaving Oxford in 1953 Geoffrey Jukes spent 14 years in the UK Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Colonial Office, specializing in Russian/Soviet military history, strategy and arms control. From 1967 to 1993 he was also on the staff of the Australian National University, and until his death in 2010 he was an Associate of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies.

Michael Hickey retired from his position as Colonel GS Ministry of Defence in 1981, after serving in Korea, East Africa, Suez and Aden. In 2000 he was awarded the Westminster medal for Military Literature.

Peter Simkins was Senior Historian at the Imperial War Museum until his retirement in 1999, when he was awarded the MBE for his services to the Museum. He is Honorary Professor in Modern History at the University of Birmingham, a Vice-President of the Western Front Association and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782002804
• ISBN 13: 9781782002802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 364