The long shadow
Subtitle: the Great War and the twentieth century
By: David Reynolds
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
ISBN-13: 9780857206350
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Influence
Description: "In The Long Shadow, critically acclaimed author David Reynolds seeks to redress the balance by exploring the true impact of 1914-18 on the 20th century. Some of the Great War's legacies were negative and pernicious but others proved transformative in a positive sense. Exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism and re-examining the differing impacts of the War on Britain, Ireland and the United States, The Long Shadow throws light on the whole of the last century and demonstrates that 1914-18 is a conflict that Britain, more than any other nation, is still struggling to comprehend."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-489) and index.