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Military history, First World War
A masterful history of the First World War, covering all areas and explaining the technology and tactics that determined its course: now in paperback for the centenary
The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history.
In this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers. He focuses in particular on explaining how technology and tactics developed during the conflict - and determines which battles were crucial to its outcome. Combatants from every corner of Earth joined the fray, but their voices are rarely heard together. This is a major history of the conflict whose centenary has just passed.
Published in paperback for the anniversary of the conflict, this is a pioneering and comprehensive account of the First World War, comparable to Anthony Beevor or Max Hastings.
Praise for The Great War: 1914-1918
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'Immensely readable ... Hart excels not only at making it intelligible but also at turning it into a gripping narrative, which
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includes extensive and moving quotations from soldiers and sailors who bore the consequences of their commanders'
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decisions and faced the realities of combat ... Hart's book will contribute to a sea change in our understanding of the war during the years of the centenary' - Irish Times
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Gripping ... I would highly recommend this book, not only for the honest appraisal of all the main characters and countries involved, but because it gives a voice to those who paid the ultimate price, often for no purpose whatsoever - Morning Star
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'A valuable, timely and highly readable overview of the Great War on all major fronts'
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'Thought provoking, erudite, yet eminently readable and entertaining: Peter Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers'
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