The First World War : a very short introduction

Howard, Michael Eliot, 2007
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ISBN 978-0-19-920559-2
Verfasser Howard, Michael Eliot Wikipedia
Systematik MSP - MilitärSicherheitsPolitik
Schlagworte history, world war I, introduction
Verlag Oxford University Press
Ort Oxford
Jahr 2007
Umfang 134 p.
Altersbeschränkung keine
Reihe Very short introductions
Sprache deutsch
Verfasserangabe Michael Eliot Howard
Illustrationsang ill, maps
Annotation A distinguished British historian presents the central events of World War I for readers who are curious but unknowledgeable about the conflict. It is comparable in style to the author's recent The Invention of Peace (2001). Succinctly expressive, Howard's style concentrates narrative and interpretation within a few sentences, but a deep historical controversy often lurks behind his concision, such as who was responsible for igniting the war. For those readers who are incredulous that a global conflagration could erupt from an assassination, Howard summarizes how the alliance systems came about, the fears of the nations that contracted them, and the special resentments of a German monarch who embodied "archaic militarism, vaulting ambition, and neurotic insecurity." Just as perplexing, perhaps, is the continuance for four years of trench warfare; once again, Howard compactly explains the slight alterations in tactics that generals believed would achieve a breakthrough, but produced instead the bloodbaths that by 1917-18 broke armies and entire regimes. Also touching on the war's course in Italy and Eastern Europe, Howard elegantly applies his erudition and judgment to this concise introduction. Gilbert Taylor
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