9780091793920

Book Description: Hutchinson, London, 2001. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 447pp. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated with black and white photographs and colour plates. In this study of World War I the author presents the military conflict, the battles on land, sea and in the air, together with interpretations of military events. He also shows how the war also acted as an engine for social change which shaped our world. An illustrative edition of Keegan's definitive book on the Great War. Book and dust jacket are both as new, Bookseller Inventory # 008299

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Book Description: Hutchinson & Co, London, United Kingdom, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A stunningly illustrated volume incorporating an abridged text of his best-selling,The First World War. Keegan has gathered together 400 photographs, maps, and other illustrations that allow us to see what his text so brilliantly describes: the startling ferocity of the conflict; the hellish nature of the trenches; the legendary battles of Flanders, the Somme, Verdun, Gallipoli, and their aftermaths; the tanks, submarines, and airplanes new to the battlefield; the faces of the statesmen who made the war and the soldiers who fought it. Together, text and illustrations give us the most comprehensive and illuminating history we have of the First World War, the progenitor of all 20th-century warfare. Bookseller Inventory # 000872

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