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The First World War (Paperback)

By: Hew Strachan (Author)

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"What this author's publisher has allowed him to do is to spread himself, to follow a path wherever it leads. But there is no sense of padding, nor of time wasted. hew Strachan's work on the First World War could become a classic of the genre--provided enough readers can cope with its ultimate length."

"There is no doubt that this is already a towering achievement of protracted and painstaking scholarship."

"[T]his is the first instalment of what will, when completed, be not only a major but a great work of history."

"'Definitive' is a much overused word, but this work merits the term."

Publisher's note

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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In THE FIRST WORLD WAR: TO ARMS, historian Hew Strachan provides a definitive account of the ideas, events, and personalities that led to the conflict. He draws on the full range of historical disciplines to examine the historical, cultural, political, social, military, and diplomatic issues, and he provides an account of the early battles, tactics, and strategies. This is the first volume of Strachan's projected three-volume history of the Great War.

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