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Hew Strachan

Author of The First World War

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Hew Strachan was born in in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 1, 1949. He is a historian who specializes in the British military and in World War I. He has written numerous books including The First World War, The First World War in Africa, The Politics of the British Army, and Carl von Clausewitz's show more On War. He received the Westminster Medal for The Politics of the British Army. He received the Pritzker Military Museum and Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Hew Strachan

The First World War (2003) 1,041 copies

Associated Works

Mr. Standfast (1919) — Introduction, some editions — 646 copies
The Cambridge Companion to War Writing (2009) — Contributor — 15 copies
The First World Oil War (2016) — Foreword, some editions — 10 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2004 (2004) — Author "Breaking the Deadlock" and "Color Photographs of France at War" — 6 copies
Encyclopédie de la Grande Guerre 1914-1918 (2004) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Assigned reading for S&W at the NWC. Wish I could have read this in depth, but I was reading for WWII that same week and was only able to do a very light skim.

From the syllabus: Strachan presents a lucid account of this catastrophic conflict, providing essential background information for evaluating the policies and strategies adopted by Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. He counters traditional perceptions of the strategic deadlock on the Western Front by stressing the novelty of the war’s technology and the operational and strategic challenges faced by leaders on both sides.… (more)
 
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SDWets | 18 other reviews | Nov 11, 2023 |
Great book. This is a good book if you don't really know how the first world war got started, who the players were, or how it ended. A very good introduction on the war to end all wars
 
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JosephKingman | 18 other reviews | Jul 17, 2021 |
Excellent short treatment of the First World War. Well worth reading
 
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James.Appleby | 18 other reviews | Apr 24, 2019 |
 
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