The First World War a concise global history
Record details
- ISBN: 9780742567245 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0742567249 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xii, 193 p.) : maps, plan. - Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., 2010, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Environment, technology, and the origins of war. Empires at high tide and low tide ; The German question ; Planning for war ; The naval arms race ; The crisis of 1914 -- Optimism, 1914-1916. The war in Western Europe, 1914-1915 ; The war in Eastern and Southern Europe, 1914-1915 ; War in Africa, 1914-1916 ; War at sea, 1914-1916 ; War in the Middle East, 1914-1916 -- Intensification, 1916-1917. The big offensives of 1916 ; The arts of war ; War at sea, 1916-1917 ; Total war ; The widening of the war ; Domestic politics in wartime ; The Western front in 1917 ; Africa and the Middle East, 1916-1918 ; Wilson's plan for peace -- Conclusions : 1918 and beyond. The Western front in 1918 ; The impact of war ; The peace settlements ; Environment, technology, and change. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 -- Environmental aspects World War, 1914-1918 -- Technology World War (1914-1918) Armed Forces -- Environmental aspects Technology |
Genre: | Electronic books. |