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The highest praise greeted the hardcover publication of this engrossing, brilliant book - THE definitive story of the Great War, the war that created the modern world, unleashing the terrors of mechanized warfare and mass death, and establishing the political fault lines that imperil European stability to this day. Keegan takes us behind the scenes of the doomed diplomatic efforts to avert the catastrophe; he probes the haunting question of how a civilization at the height of its cultural achievement and prosperity could propel itself toward ruin with so little provocation; his panoramic narrative brings to life the nightmarish engagements whose names have become legend - Verdun, the Somme, Gallipoli - as with profound sympathy, he explores the minds of Joffe, Haig and Hindenburg, the famed generals who directed the cataclysm.

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PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

ISBN-100739312499

ISBN-139780739312490

eBay Product ID (ePID)6044311

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Publication Year2004

TopicMilitary / General, Military / World War I, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), World

Book TitleFirst World War

LanguageEnglish

GenreHistory

AuthorJohn Keegan

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1.2in

Item Length5.8in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Width5.1in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsAt once the most readable and the most original of living military historians."--The New York Times It takes a disciplined and enormously well-read scholar to bring order and meaning to the complexity of the Great War. It takes the artistry of a gifted storyteller to craft such technical detail into a page-turner. Mr Keegan does exactly that." - The Wall Street Journal One of the foremost military thinkers today.-- Must reading for the Department of National Defence, politicians and anyone concerned about the future and the inherent nature of the human species." - Ottawa Sun From the Trade Paperback edition., At once the most readable and the most original of living military historians."--The New York Times It takes a disciplined and enormously well-read scholar to bring order and meaning to the complexity of the Great War. It takes the artistry of a gifted storyteller to craft such technical detail into a page-turner. Mr Keegan does exactly that." -The Wall Street Journal One of the foremost military thinkers today.-- Must reading for the Department of National Defence, politicians and anyone concerned about the future and the inherent nature of the human species." -Ottawa Sun From the Trade Paperback edition., At once the most readable and the most original of living military historians."--The New York Times It takes a disciplined and enormously well-read scholar to bring order and meaning to the complexity of the Great War. It takes the artistry of a gifted storyteller to craft such technical detail into a page-turner. Mr Keegan does exactly that." - The Wall Street Journal One of the foremost military thinkers today.-- Must reading for the Department of National Defence, politicians and anyone concerned about the future and the inherent nature of the human species." - Ottawa Sun

Number of Volumes8 Vols.

Dewey Decimal940.3

Edition DescriptionAbridged Edition