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Paperback. Pub Date :2013-11-07 Pages: 544 Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless. futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -. of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime for no evident purpose But by reducing the conflict to personal tragedies. however moving. we have lost the big picture:. the history has been distilled into poetry In The Long Shadow. critically acclaimed. author David Reynolds seeks to redress the balance by exploring the true impact of 1914-18 on the 20th century. Some of the Great Wars legacies were negative and pernicious but others proved transformative in a positive sense. Exploring big themes such as democracy and empire. nationalism and capitalism and re-examining the differing impacts of the War on Britain. Ireland and the United States. Th...
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David Reynolds won the Wolfson Prize in 2004 for his superb book on Churchill, and is the author of Summits (2007) and most recently America: Empire of Liberty (2009). He has made critically acclaimed films and series for both BBC4 and BBC2 including films on Churchill and Attlee.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0857206362
- ISBN 13 9780857206367
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages544
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. ?In Britain 1914?18 has become a literary war, detached from its moorings in historical events.? In this study, David Reynolds seeks to redress the balance and broaden our vision by demonstrating how the First World War shaped the 20th century at home and abroad, through the widening of the democratic franchise, the creation of states in Europe and the Middle East, and the establishment of an ?international order?; and how it paved the way for another, greater conflict. Seller Inventory # 506557
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