The first generation of its historians had access to a limited range of sources, and they focused primarily on military events. Published by free press 2006 hew strachan is one of the worlds foremost experts on the great war of 191418. I read the first world war by hew strachan mostly because it was recommended by the army chief of staff. Buy the first world war first edition by strachan, sir hew isbn. It is based on the 2003 book of the same name by oxford history professor hew strachan. The first world war was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles. It provides pioneering accounts of the war s finances, the war in africa, and the central powers bid to widen the war outside europe. May 20, 2001 hew strachan unveils the first volume of his definitive study of the the first world war, to arms robert mccrum sun 20 may 2001 14. Professor sir hew strachan at first world war centenary. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the first world war.
The oxford history of the first world war brings together in one volume many of the most distinguished historians of the conflict, in an account that matches the scale of the events. Even in places where the war hit hardestoddly, england suffered more losses in the first than the second world warits in danger of being lost to memory, and strachans overview brings into sharp focus the proximate causes and critical moments of the conflict, from the wellknown jutland, the somme to the comparatively little. Even more than world war ii, the first world war continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world. The first world war was, on the contrary, an extraordinary, a monstrous cultural aberration. The first world war by john keegan here is a quick description and cover image of book the first world war written by john keegan which was published in 199965. A fourth, russia, was in the throes of a revolution that helped define the rest of the twentieth century.
Though he had served in two world wars, and was a military man to the core, in 1967 strachan showed great disdain for the proponents of the vietnam war. I was really pleased with hew strachans first volume he covered all the military, political and historical viewpoints in really serious depth, and it was also highly readable. Three major empires lay shattered by defeat, those of germany, austriahungary, and the ottomans. Max hastings called it one of the most impressive books of modern history in a generation, while richard holmes hailed it as a towering achievement. Commissioned by the oxford university press to write a history of the first world war to replace c. The first of three volumes in this magisterial study, to arms examines not only the causes of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea, but also the ideas that underpinned it, and the motivations of the people who supported it. The first world war was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the balkans, africa, and the ottoman empire. The first world war hew strachan oxford university press. A fourth, russia, was in the throes of a revolution that helped define. His ambition was to get to england, join the raf and learn to fly.
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