num_pages: 384
description: Having a profound influence on the history of the twentieth century, the First World War left an intense legacy that continues to affect both those who lived through it and those who merely read about it in school. It was the first conflict in which airplanes, submarines, and tanks played asignificant role and the first in which casualties on the battlefield outnumbered those from disease. It precipitated the collapse of the empires of Austria-Hungary and Turkey, and it promoted revolution in Russia. America's entry into the war and the part it played in the peace settlement signaledthe arrival on the world stage of a new great power.In this extensively illustrated book, an international team of experts explores the war in all its different aspects. From its causes to its consequences, from the strategy of the politicians to the tactics of the generals, the course of the war is charted, and its political and human consequencesassessed. The legacy of 'the war to end wars'--in poetry and prose, in collective memory and political culture--is with us still, eighty years after that first Armistice Day. This remarkable book helps us understand that legacy.
language: English
title: The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
titlecomplete: The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
genres: Read For School, 20th Century, World War I, European History, World History, Military Fiction, War, Nonfiction, History, Military History
ratings_count: 194
publisher: Oxford University Press