Author

Contributions

  • Geoffrey Parker - Editor
  • Mary R. Habeck - Editor
  • Winter, J. M. - Contributor
  • Parker, Geoffrey, 1943- - Contributor
  • Habeck, Mary R. - Contributor

Publication

2000 - Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

89,000 words, Guess

Page Count

356 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number00028212
  • Goodreads406879
  • LibraryThing3998191

Classifications

  • DDC940.3
  • LCCD521 .G72 2000

Alternate Titles

  • Great War and the 20th century

Description

World War I, the first "total war" in history, set in motion profound changes in the economies, demographics, and philosophies of the warring states. In this book, leading experts on the Great War discuss its causes, character, and legacy. Their writings show that to study World War I is to encounter not only the dissolution of the four defeated empires -- Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey -- but also the collapse of the optimistic assumption of progress that had defined the nineteenth century. The analysis of the Great War, in fact, provides an essential framework for our understanding of the entire twentieth century. The book draws together military history, international history, and cultural history to offer a wide-ranging summary of current knowledge and debate regarding the First World War. - Publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Great War and the twentieth centuryHardcoverYale University Press2000-01-01

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