The First World War
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The First World War

Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918

  1. 496 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The First World War

Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918

About this book

The Great War toppled four empires, cost the world 24 million dead, and sowed the seeds of another worldwide conflict 20 years later. This is the only book in the English language to offer comprehensive coverage of how Germany and Austria-Hungary, two of the key belligerents, conducted the war and what defeat meant to them. This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, including new developments in the historiography and, in particular, addressing new work on the cultural history of the war. This edition also includes:
- New material on the domestic front, covering Austria-Hungary's internal political frictions and ethnic fissures
- More on Austria-Hungary and Germany's position within the wider geopolitical framework
- Increased coverage of the Eastern front The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918 offers an authoritative and well-researched survey of the role of the Central powers that will be an invaluable text for all those studying the First World War and the development of modern warfare.

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Information

Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781472511249
eBook ISBN
9781472508850
Edition
2
Topic
History
Index
History
44

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. List of Maps
  5. Series Editor’s Ā­Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Names, Places and Dates
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 Origins: ā€˜Now or Never’
  10. Chapter 2 The plans of war
  11. Chapter 3 The great gamble, 1914
  12. Chapter 4 Towards industrialized war, 1915
  13. Chapter 5 Dual defeats: From the Meuse to the Siret, 1916
  14. Chapter 6 The long-war reality, 1915–16
  15. Chapter 7 Survival
  16. Chapter 8 A sea change, 1917
  17. Chapter 9 The last levy, 1917–18
  18. Chapter 10 Operation Michael: The ā€˜last card’
  19. Chapter 11 Defeat, 1918–19
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index