Title : | The First World War |
Material Type: | printed text |
Authors: | Michael Howard, Author |
Publisher: | Oxford : Oxford Univerity Press |
Publication Date: | 2002 |
Pagination: | xi, 154 p. |
Layout: | ill. |
Size: | 19 cm |
ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-19-280445-7 |
General note: | Includes index (p. 148-154) |
Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
Descriptors: | World War, I - 1914-1918
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Class number: | 940.3 |
Abstract: | This narrative history focuses on why World War I occurred, how it was fought, and why it had the consequences it did. It examines in turn, the state of Europe in 1914 and the outbreak of war; the onset of attrition in 1915 and the extension of the war; the collapse of Russia and the weakening and eventual surrender of the Central Powers; the making of peace; and the historical controversies surrounding the causes and conduct of war. |
Contents note: | Europe in 1914; The coming of war; 1914 : the opening campaigns; 1915 : the war continues; 1916 : the war of attrition; The United States enters the war; 1917 : the year of crisis; 1918 : the year of decision; The settlement; Appendices : President Wilson's Fourteen Points; Total war casualties; |
Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=17344 |