The First World War: The War to End all Wars
Publication details: Oxford : Osprey, 2014.Description: 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 1782002804
- 9781782002802
- D 521 .J78 2014
Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa | Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa | General Stacks | D 521 .J78 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan (Restricted Access) | 18175 |
1. The Western Front 1914-1916 --
2. The Western Front 1917-1918 --
3. The Eastern Front 1914-1918 --
4. The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923.
Foreword by Professor Hew Strachen /Introduction /Chronology /PART 1: The Western Front 1914-1916 * Background to War * Warring sides * Outbreak * The fighting * Portrait of a soldier * The world around the war * Portrait of a civilian * How the period ended /PART 2: The Western Front 1917-1918 * Background to war * The fighting * Portrait of a soldier * The world around the war * Portrait of a civilian * How the was on the Western Front ended /PART 3: The Eastern Front 1914-1918 * Background to War * Warring sides * The fighting * Portrait of a soldier * The world around the war * Portrait of a civilian * How the war on the Eastern Front ended /PART 4: The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923 * Background to War * Warring sides * The fighting * Portrait of a soldier * The world around the war * Portrait of a civilian * How the war on the Mediterranean Front ended /Conclusion and consequences /Bibliography /Index
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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