The Oxford History of the First World War

by Hew Strachan (Editor)

Overview

A team of some of the world's most distinguished First World War historians chart the causes, course, and profound political and human consequences of a conflict that changed the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192644572
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	07/25/2023
Series:	The Oxford History of...
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Hew Strachan, Wardlaw Professor of International Relations, St Andrews University

Hew Strachan was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow between 1975 and 1992. Since then he has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow, Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College, and on his retirement from Oxford in 2015 Wardlaw Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. The first volume of his planned trilogy on the First World War, To Arms, was published in 2001, and in 2003 he was the historian behind the 10-part series, The First World War, broadcast on Channel 4. He has served as a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner and as a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum, and during the centenary of the First World War sat on the advisory committees of the British, Scottish and French governments. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was knighted in 2013.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Hew Strachan1. The Origins of the War, Samuel R. Williamson, Jr2. The Strategy of the Central Powers, 1914-1917, Holger Afflerbach3. Manoeuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts, 1914-1915, D. E. Showalter4. The Strategy of the Entente Powers, 1914-1917, David French5. The Balkans, 1914-1918, R. J. Crampton6. Turkey's War, Ulrich Trumpener7. The War in Africa, David Killingray8. The War at Sea, Paul G. Halpern9. Economic Warfare, B. J. C. McKercher10. Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, Machines, Hew Strachan11. The Role of Women in War, Susan Grayzel12. The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts, J. A. Turner13. Eastern Front and Western Front, 1916-1917, Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson14. Mutinies and Military Morale, Alexander Watson15. War Aims and Peace Negotiations, David Stevenson16. Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent, J. M. Winter17. Socialism, Peace, and Revolution, 1917-1918, John Horne18. The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects, David Trask19. The German Victories, 1917-1918, Holger H. Herwig20. The War in the Air, John H. Morrow, Jr21. The Allied Victories, 1918, Tim Travers22. The Peace Settlement, Zara Steiner23. No End to War, Robert Gerwarth24. Memory and the Great War, Modris EksteinsFurther ReadingIndex

Editorial Reviews

"[I]ncludes an excellent bibliography and maps."—G. Kurt Piehler, Journal of World History

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