The First World War by John Keegan

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Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Interior and binding are still very good.

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 that continue to shape our world today: modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, and radical ideas about economics and society.

By the end of the war, three great empires – the Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman – had collapsed. However, as Keegan expertly demonstrates, the devastation extended across the entirety of Europe and still profoundly influences the politics and culture of the continent today.

Pertinent, authoritative and gripping, this panoramic account of WWI is regarded as a world history classic.