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A Companion to World War I
John Horne
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Description for A Companion to World War I
Paperback. A Companion to the First World War brings together a team of distinguished historians from 10 countries who contribute 38 substantial and thought-provoking chapters. In addition to covering the military history of the war and the individual states involved, contributors explore major themes such as war crimes, occupations, film, and gender. Editor(s): Horne, John. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 724 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1098.
A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history. * Comprises 38 essays by leading scholars who analyze the current state of historical scholarship on the First World War * Provides extensive coverage spanning the pre-war period, the military conflict, social, economic, political, and cultural developments, and the war's legacy * Offers original perspectives on themes as diverse as strategy and tactics, war crimes, science and technology, and the arts * Selected as a 2011 ... Read more
A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history. * Comprises 38 essays by leading scholars who analyze the current state of historical scholarship on the First World War * Provides extensive coverage spanning the pre-war period, the military conflict, social, economic, political, and cultural developments, and the war's legacy * Offers original perspectives on themes as diverse as strategy and tactics, war crimes, science and technology, and the arts * Selected as a 2011 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
724
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History
Condition
New
Weight
1253g
Number of Pages
724
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781119968702
SKU
V9781119968702
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About John Horne
John Horne is Professor of Modern European History at Trinity College, Dublin, and a member of the Research Centre at the Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne, France. He has published widely on the history of the Great War and of twentieth-century France, including Labour at War: France and Britain, 1914-1918 (ed., 1991), State, Society and Mobilization in Europe during ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to World War I
Selected as CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 - 3.01.12 'The recipe for this volume's success is simple: take 30 or so of today's leading specialists, provide them with five broad categories in which to articulate their understanding of this conflict, insist that bibliography be a priority, and oversee the project with a scholar who is himself a respected, widely ... Read more