The First World War by John Keegan

A major work by our greatest military historian, acclaimed as the definitive history of the First World War, the conflict that shaped the twentieth century.

The First World War created the modern world.

It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity and saw a continent at the height of its success descend into slaughter.

It unleashed both the demons of the twentieth century - political hatred, military destruction and mass death - and the ideas which continue to shape our world today: mdoernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medecine, and radical ideas about economics and society.

John Keegan's definitive account unforgettably portrays the unfolding military conflict on land, sea and in the air. But at its heart, too, is the terrible cost of this conflict's ferocity - the loss which remains personal and individual despite its unparalleled scale.

John Keegan

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“ A splendid achievement. Many years of research, distilled with craft and conveyed in meticulous prose, make this the definitive book on the Great War… An enthralling and often very moving account of one of the great tragedies of modern history ”

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Trade Paperback

9781847922984

January 15, 2014

Bodley Head

512 pages

RRP $45.00
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EBook

9781407064123

August 31, 2011

Vintage Digital

512 pages
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