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This is the first truly definitive history of World War I, the war that has had the greatest impact on the course of the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to a limited range of sources, and they focused primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In this authoritative and readable history, Hew Strachan combines these perspectives with a military and strategic narrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative.
The first of three volumes in this magisterial study, To Arms examines not only the causes of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea, but also the ideas that underpinned it, and the motivations of the people who supported it. It provides pioneering accounts of the war's finances, the war in Africa, and the Central Powers' bid to widen the war outside Europe.
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About the Author
Hew Strachan is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow. He is also Director of the Scottish Center for War Studies and Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
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"Deserves to rank as one of the most impressive books of modern history in a generation. It reflects 20 years of research, and mastery of the literature of many nations....The book addresses every aspect of global conflict--diplomacy, politics, finance, industry, battle on land and at sea, in Europe, Africa, and around the world.....Magnificent."--The London Evening Standard
"'Definitive' is a much overused word, but this work merits the term. The first in a three-volume history that explores nearly every aspect of the war, from finance to ideology to diplomacy to armaments, it combines depth with staggering breadth, acute analysis with magisterial narrative."--The Atlantic Monthly
"'Definitive', proclaims the blurb accompanying the first volume of Hew Strachan's magnificent new history of the first world war, and definitive it is. There will be two further volumes...The result will be a scholarly triumph. In a field cluttered with competitors Mr. Strachan will be lengths ahead."--The Economist
"Massive in size and impressive in scope, Strachan's work promises to be the definitive account of the Great War in English."--CHOICE
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0199261911
- ISBN 13 9780199261918
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages1248
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