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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Interesting book. The author reviews 12 events or situations from WWI which he considers to be 'turning points' in the war. Some of the events he covers are well know (e.g. the Russian Revolution); some are lesser known (e.g. the flooding of the Yser by the Belgians in Oct., 1914). He discusses the events and their impact on the war. I have read many books on the First World War, so there was little new for me. However, for someone with limited reading experience in WWI this book may be informative. For me the book would have been maybe 2 stars. However to be fair to the author I gave rating of 4 stars for a general reader's point of view. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.3History and Geography Europe Europe World War I 1914-1918LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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