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Paperback The First World War: A Very Short Introduction Book

ISBN: 0199205590

ISBN13: 9780199205592

The First World War: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

(Part of the Very Short Introductions (#154) Series, Oxford's Very Short Introductions series Series, and Elementaire Deeltjes (#6) Series)

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Book Overview

By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the Great War--from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Examining how and why the war was fought, as well as the historical controversies that still surround the war, Michael Howard also looks at how peace was ultimately made, and describes the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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Customer Reviews

7 customer ratings | 5 reviews

Rated 5 stars
Concise but informative and highly readable

For a little book as compact as this, Howard does a quite enviable task of outlining the 'Great War'. In fact, calling it an outline, or indeed 'very short', does it a disservice. Howard doesn't leave anything substantial out or waste any pages with discussion of the trivial. The impression given is of a historian trying to let the events speak for themselves. After reading the book I felt not only that it had given me...

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Rated 5 stars
Great summary

I was suprised when the book arrived because not only is it just 170 pages, but the book is the size of a paperback so it's really almost an extended essay in length. A few nice pictures add atmosphere and some maps although they don't show every place refrenced in the text, but do show places not refrenced so that could have been better.I have never read WWI history but known a lot from popular culure. I knew about certain...

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Rated 5 stars
A Brilliant Condensation

Military historian Michael Howard has written a brilliant condensation of the seminal event of the short twentieth century.In particular, Howard examines the dilemma of modern democracies engaged in a popular war with increasingly devastating consequences, and the difficulty politicians encounter in seeking peace without "betraying" the fallen. In fact, as Howard notes, accusations of just such a betrayal led directly to...

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Rated 5 stars
A very good introduction

This book is a quite good very brief introduction to World War I. All aspects are covered, though concetration is on military events viewed from a high strategic level. Thus, only about a page is spent on the Battle of the Marne and surrounding events, but the reader is made aware of the basic movements and their importance. And, in one paragraph, the author conveys a better feel for the ebb and flow on the eastern front...

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Rated 5 stars
If you don't have time and yet want to know...

The book is small and very short. That means it cannot discuss things in details, and thus one cannot expect to be an expert by reading it.The book does explain most of the major events, all very briefly, all very well.

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