LEADER 03219nam 2200529 450 001 9910822622703321 005 20230803203256.0 010 $a0-7953-4282-9 010 $a0-7953-3723-X 010 $a0-7953-3725-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000137339 035 $a(EBL)1714986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5503177 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1714986 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5503177 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11603590 035 $a(OCoLC)1051140894 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1714986 035 $a(OCoLC)881571835 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000137339 100 $a20180924d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe First World War $ea complete history /$fMartin Gilbert 210 1$a[Place of publication not identified] :$cRosettaBooks, LLC,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (633 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8050-7617-4 327 $aCover; 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.' 327 $a14. 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 remembrance 327 $a29. '... to the memory of that great company'Bibliography; Maps; Index; Endnotes 330 $a 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 imme 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918. 676 $a940.3 700 $aGilbert$b Martin$f1936-2015,$0223002 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822622703321 996 $aThe First World War$94017376 997 $aUNINA