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ISBN10: 0375700455, ISBN13: 9780375700453, [publisher: Vintage Books] Softcover Vintage Books Historical & Reference Books (Vintage Books) First World War, The (EX)Manufacturer: Vintage BooksProduct Line: Historical & Reference Books (Vintage Books)Type: SoftcoverCopyright Date: 1998Author: John KeeganPage Count: 476Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is EX. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society--and in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. With The First World War, John Keegan, one of our most eminent military historians, fulfills a lifelong ambition to write the definitive account of the Great War for our generation.Probing the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ...

ISBN10: 0375700455, ISBN13: 9780375700453, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive account of the Great War from one of our most eminent military historians. "Elegantly written, clear, detailed, and omniscient. Keegan is.perhaps the best military historian of our day." The New York Times Book Review The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our timesmodernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and societyand in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. The First World War probes the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ruinous conflict and takes us behind the scenes of the negotiations among Europe's crowned heads (all of them related to one another by blood) and ministers, and their doomed efforts to defuse the crisis. Keegan reveals how, by an astonishing failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute grew to engulf an entire continent.But the heart of Keegan's superb narrative is, of course, his analysis of the military conflict. ...
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ISBN10: 0375700455, ISBN13: 9780375700453, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive account of the Great War from one of our most eminent military historians. "Elegantly written, clear, detailed, and omniscient. Keegan is.perhaps the best military historian of our day." The New York Times Book Review The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our timesmodernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and societyand in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. The First World War probes the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ruinous conflict and takes us behind the scenes of the negotiations among Europe's crowned heads (all of them related to one another by blood) and ministers, and their doomed efforts to defuse the crisis. Keegan reveals how, by an astonishing failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute grew to engulf an entire continent.But the heart of Keegan's superb narrative is, of course, his analysis of the military conflict. ...
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