num_pages: 1248
description: This is the first truly definitive history of World War I, the war that has had the greatest impact on the course of the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to a limited range of sources, and they focused primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In this authoritative and readable history, Hew Strachan combines these perspectives with a military and strategic narrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative.The first of three volumes in this magisterial study, To Arms examines not only the causes of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea, but also the ideas that underpinned it, and the motivations of the people who supported it. It provides pioneering accounts of the war's finances, the war in Africa, and the Central Powers' bid to widen the war outside Europe.
language: English
title: The First World War: Volume I: To Arms
titlecomplete: The First World War: Volume I: To Arms
genres: World War I, War, Nonfiction, History, Military History
ratings_count: 103
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Norman B. Tomlinson Jr. Book Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award
publisher: Oxford University Press