The First World War

Summary: This book gives a clear chronological account of the campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and then moves on to investigate areas that many studies ignore - the war poets, the diplomacy of war-aims and peace moves, logistics, and 'the experience of the war'. - ;The tragic slaughter of the trenches is imprinted on modern memory; but it is more difficult to grasp the wider extent and significance of the First World War. This book gives a clear chronological account of the campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and then moves on to investigate areas that many studies ignore - the war p.

Record details

ISBN: 9780191567100 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0191567108 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (x, 187 p.) : maps.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1984

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.10.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword; Preface; 1 Entrances and Deaths; 2 Land Warfare; 3 Modes of Warfare; 4 Belligerent Aims; 5 Home Management; 6 The Experience of War; Further Reading; Biographical Notes; Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.