The Great War: 1914-1918

Starting with the context and origins of the war, The Great War covers the course of the conflict and its consequences for states, societies and individuals, for military science and technology, for national and international politics, and for the arts, national memory and political thought. At the same time, it questions common assumptions about the nature of the First World War and how it has been consistently and, wrongly, perceived as an exercise in futility. This second edition incorporates the most recent research and presents a thematic study of the war in all its aspects.

Author: Ian F. W. Beckett
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/08/2015
Pages: 856
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.75d
ISBN: 9781138132245

About the Author

Ian Beckett is an internationally renowned specialist on the Great War. His publications include such acclaimed titles as Ypres : The Last Battle , 1914 (2004). The First World War: The Essential Guide to Sources in the UK National Archives (2003), and A Nation in Arms: A Social Study of the British Army in the First World War (with Keith Simpson) (1985)