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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
American Heritage New History of World War II
Author: Stephen E. AmbrosePublisher: Viking Adult
ISBN: 9780670874743
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Historian Stephen Ambrose updates the classic World War II history written by C.L. Sulzberger.
The American Heritage Picture History of World War II
Author: C.L. SulzbergerAmerican Heritage History of World War I.
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
History of World War I
Author: Samuel Lyman Atwood MarshallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
American Heritage
Author: Oliver JensenThe American Heritage History of World War I
Author: American Heritage History of World War I
Author: S.L.A. MarshallPublisher: New Word City
ISBN: 1612308066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
"In the Bosnian town of Sarajevo on the morning of June 28, 1914, a chauffeur misunderstood his instructions, made the wrong turn, tried too late to correct his blunder, and in so doing, delivered his passengers to a point where a waiting assassin did not have to take aim to gun them down. Two rounds from one pistol and the world rocked. The crime was the small stone that loosened brings the avalanche." So begins Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall's compelling narrative of the American Heritage History of World War I, a book that tells the story of the Great War from Sarajevo to Versailles. Ten million men died; another 20 million were wounded. But it was not the numbers alone that made this the Great War. The flame thrower, the tank, and poison gas were introduced. Cavalry became obsolete; air combat and submarine warfare came of age. Old dynasties disintegrated; new nations appeared. In this book, renowned military historian Marshall, a World War I veteran, describes and analyzes the origins, course, and immediate aftermath of the colossal conflict. The story begins with a look backward at a complacent world ensnared in a network of alliances. Out of this setting emerged the cunning diplomats and statesmen who maneuvered and blundered their countries into positions that made the war inevitable. Once committed, the nations of Europe aligned into two, mighty opposing forces, and went jauntily into war, each confident that the conflict would be over before it really began. Marshall follows the personalities, strategies, errors, and the unremitting slaughter of the next four years. The story ends with the ill-conceived Treaty of Versailles, which sowed the seeds that would plunge the following generation into another world war.
The American Heritage History of World War 1
Author: S. L. A. MarshallWar with Mexico
Author: Robert G. AthearnPublisher:
ISBN: 9780382098642
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Author: S. L. A. Marshall