03219nam 2200529 450 991082262270332120230803203256.00-7953-4282-90-7953-3723-X0-7953-3725-6(CKB)3710000000137339(EBL)1714986(MiAaPQ)EBC5503177(MiAaPQ)EBC1714986(Au-PeEL)EBL5503177(CaPaEBR)ebr11603590(OCoLC)1051140894(Au-PeEL)EBL1714986(OCoLC)881571835(EXLCZ)99371000000013733920180924d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe First World War a complete history /Martin Gilbert[Place of publication not identified] :RosettaBooks, LLC,[2014]©20141 online resource (633 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8050-7617-4 Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of maps; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Prelude to war; 2. 'Wild with joy'; 3. The opening struggle; 4. From Mons to the Marne; 5. Digging in: the start of trench warfare; 6. Towards the first Christmas: 'mud and slime and vermin'; 7. Stalemate and the search for breakthroughs; 8. The Gallipoli landings; 9. The Entente in danger; 10. The Central Powers in the ascendant; 11. The continuing failure of the Entente; 12. 'This war will end at Verdun'; 13. 'Europe is mad. The world is mad.'14. The Battle of the Somme: 'It is going to be a bloody holocaust'15. War on every front; 16. The intensification of the war; 17. War, desertion, mutiny; 18. Stalemate in the west, turmoil in the east; 19. Battle at Passchendaele; Revolution in Russia; 20. The terms of war and peace; 21. The Central Powers on the verge of triumph; 22. Germany's last great onslaught; 23. 'The battle, the battle, nothing else counts'; 24. The Allied counter-attack; 25. The turn of the tide; 26. The collapse of the Central Powers; 27. The final armistice; 28. Peacemaking and remembrance29. '... to the memory of that great company'Bibliography; Maps; Index; Endnotes They called it the War to End All Wars, but it was only the beginning of the global conflicts that rocked the 20th Century. The First World War redrew national boundaries, eliminated monarchies, and left millions of soldiers and civilians dead, and its impact has continued to shape the Western political and social landscape since. In this sweeping narrative, best-selling historian Martin Gilbert provides a view of the conflict that's both global and personal, drawing on eyewitness accounts, contemporary reporting, and first-hand documentation. It offers an immeWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918.940.3Gilbert Martin1936-2015,223002MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822622703321The First World War4017376UNINA