The Making of the First World War

Ian F. W. Beckett

ISBN 10: 030020664X / ISBN 13: 9780300206647

Published by Yale University Press Apr 2014, 2014

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Neuware - A provocative book which turns the spotlight on 12 particular events of WWI that continue to shape the world today. Global in scope and exploring some unexpected conclusions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the First World War
• Publisher: Yale University Press Apr 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030020664X
• ISBN 13: 9780300206647
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

An original and spellbinding reinterpretation of the most significant events of the Great War

Nearly a century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the devastating global conflict that followed echo still. In this provocative book, historian Ian Beckett turns the spotlight on twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to shape the world today. Focusing on episodes both well known and scarcely remembered, Beckett tells the story of the Great War from a new perspective, stressing accident as much as strategy, the small as well as the great, the social as well as the military, and the long term as much as the short term.

The Making of the First World War is global in scope. The book travels from the deliberately flooded fields of Belgium to the picture palaces of Britain's cinema, from the idealism of Wilson's Washington to the catastrophic German Lys offensive of 1918. While war is itself an agent of change, Beckett shows, the most significant developments occur not only on the battlefields or in the corridors of power, but also in hearts and minds. Nor may the decisive turning points during years of conflict be those that were thought to be so at the time. With its wide reach and unexpected conclusions, this book revises―and expands―our understanding of the legacy of the First World War.

About the Author

Ian F. W. Beckett is Visiting Professor of History at the University of Kent.