A Weekend With the Great War: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Great War Interconference Seminar, Lisle, Illinois, 16-18 September 1994 (Cantigny Military History Series)

Great War Interconference Seminar 1995 (Lisle, Ill.); Weingartner, Steven; Anastaplo, George; Great War Society; Western Front Association

ISBN 10: 1572490624 / ISBN 13: 9781572490628

Published by White Mane Pub, 1997

About this Item

Fine copy in hardcover with near fine jacket. Jacket has a few tiny tears along edges. Now in mylar.

Seller Inventory # 159239

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Weekend With the Great War: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Great War Interconference Seminar, Lisle, Illinois, 16-18 September 1994 (Cantigny Military History Series)
• Publisher: White Mane Pub
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572490624
• ISBN 13: 9781572490628
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • World War 1

About this title

Synopsis

Delivered papers and excerpts from panel discussions and question-and- answer periods are among the 15 contributions focusing on what later became World War I. Among the topics are whether the people in charge knew what they were doing, fortification architecture, the German soldier, master spy Sidney Reilly, the Medal of Honor, paradigm changes in the Russian historiography of the war, and cultural modernism. Paper edition (068-3), $24.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About the Author

Steven Weingartner, a historian and writer specializing in military history and military affairs, is the recipient of the 1998 Carl Sandburg Award for Nonfiction. He lives in La Grange Park, IL, where he contributes articles to magazines and journals and serves as a consultant and commentator for the History Channel.