Author: World's workPublisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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The World's Work War Manual of the Great Conflict of 1914
Author: World's workPublisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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War Manual of the Great 1914 European Conflict
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ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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The World's Work War Manual of the Great Conflict of 1914 (Classic Reprint)
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ISBN: 9781330926659
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Excerpt from The World's Work War Manual of the Great Conflict of 1914 The nations of Europe are interrupting history again, fighting over the old I battles on the old battlefields. One hundred ears ago Napoleon ranged himself and the greatest army of the age against all Europe, and almost his most cherished ambition was the breaking of the supremacv of England on the sea. England then as now had a "two-power standard" for her navy. It was demonstrated at Trafalgar where Nelson met and defeated the combined forces of the French and Spanish fleets. England sent an army into Belgium against the Emperor Napoleon in 1815. There has been no English army in western Europe since, until now when the Emperor William invades Belgium and threatens Antwerp. the best base of operations against England. England again has an army trying to do again what was done at Waterloo. In 1866 Bismarck went to war with Austria because he felt that such a war would unify Germany. In 1914 Austria goes to war with Servia to solidify its heterogeneous dominions. Forty-four years ago Prussia went to war with France for Alsace and Lorraine and the dominant position in Europe. For the same stake over the same ground the same people are fighting to-day. With the declaration of war the world turned back to Trafalgar, to Waterloo, to Koniggratz, to the Franco-Prussian War. Nothing has been settled. These same battles are being fought again. The names are a little different, the battlefields a few miles apart, but the same principles are there. In the paintings of these b-gone fights is a vivid picture of the glory, heroism, death, ruin, waste, and futility) of it all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
War Manual of the Great Conflict of 1914
Author: The Great War
Author: Ian F. W. BeckettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317866150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However, this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict's strategic, political, economic, social and cultural impact. Starting with the context and origins of the war, including assasination, misunderstanding and differing national war aims, it then covers the treacherous course of the conflict and its social consequences for both soldiers and civilians, for science and technology, for national politics and for pan-European revolution. The war left a long-term legacy for victors and vanquished alike. It created new frontiers, changed the balance of power and influenced the arts, national memory and political thought. The reach of this acount is global, showing how a conflict among European powers came to involve their colonial empires, and embraced Japan, China, the Ottoman Empire, Latin America and the United States.
Handbook of the European War
Author: Stanley Solomon SheipPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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WORLDS WORK WAR MANUAL OF THE
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781371786014
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Handbook on the Great European War of 1914 ...
Author: J. JefferyPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
The Great War, 1914-1918
Author: Ian Frederick William BeckettPublisher: Pearson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Great War scarred both the people and the popular imagination of Europe. No previous war matched it in scale, brutality and futility. The course of events has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However this impressive book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of the conflict's impact: strategic, political, social and cultural. Starting with the context and origins of the war, including assassination, misunderstanding and differing national war-aims, it then covers the treacherous course of the conflict and its social consequences: #Mobilisation had a massive impact both on soldiers and female civilians, producing radical changes to people's way of life which stimulated political change #Science and technology created a new brand of industrialised warfare and were accelerated by the imperative of victory # The insecurity and strain of war created dissidence and mutiny, engendering revolution in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia. The war left a long-term legacy for victors and vanquished alike. It created new frontiers and changed the balance of power, influenced the arts, national memory and political thought. The reach of this account is global, showing how a conflict amongst European powers came to involve their colonial empires, and embrace Japan, China, the Ottoman Empire, Latin America and the United States. This is a bold and original book, offering a thematic study of a war that was famously, and quite rightly, labelled as 'the seminal event of the twentieth century'. Ian Beckett is Professor of History, Luton University, UK.
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