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The Making of the First World War (Hardcover)
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The Making of the First World War (Hardcover)
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Nearly a century has passed since the assassination of
Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the
devastating global conflict that followed echo still. In this
provocative book, historian Ian Beckett turns the spotlight on
twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to
shape the world today. Focusing on episodes both well known and
scarcely remembered, Beckett tells the story of the Great War from
a new perspective, stressing accident as much as strategy, the
small as well as the great, the social as well as the military, and
the long term as much as the short term. The Making of the First
World War is global in scope. The book travels from the
deliberately flooded fields of Belgium to the picture palaces of
Britain's cinema, from the idealism of Wilson's Washington to the
catastrophic German Lys offensive of 1918. While war is itself an
agent of change, Beckett shows, the most significant developments
occur not only on the battlefields or in the corridors of power,
but also in hearts and minds. Nor may the decisive turning points
during years of conflict be those that were thought to be so at the
time. With its wide reach and unexpected conclusions, this book
revises-and expands-our understanding of the legacy of the First
World War.
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