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The First World War (Vintage)
The First World War - Vintage
Author: John Keegan
The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism in the arts, new approaches ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375700453
ISBN-10: 0375700455
Publication Date: 5/16/2000
Pages: 528
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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Excellent writing, he is a military historian who manages to make the story understandable, not too technical.
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Dawa avatar reviewed The First World War (Vintage) on
This book is an in-depth look at the first world war. It opens up with the statement that you cannot understand the second world war without first understanding the first. It is written by an English historian and it shows because the Americans don't show up until the last chapter. I don't often read history, but when I do, this is the kind of quality I wish to read.


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