Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Bøger
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
Spil og hobby
Kurv
  1. Bog
  2. Tidlige 20. århundrede, 1900 til 1950
  3. 1910 til 1919

World War One

- A Short History
Af: Norman Stone Engelsk Paperback

World War One

- A Short History
Af: Norman Stone Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

''Do we need another history of the First World War? The answer in the case of Norman Stone''s short book is, yes - because of its opinionated freshness and the unusual, sharp facts that fly about like shrapnel'' Literary Review

In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors'' empires were fatally damaged. The First World War marked a revolution in the technology of slaughter as trench warfare, artillery barrages, tanks and chemical warfare made their mark on the battlefield for the first time.

The sheer complexity and scale of the war have encouraged historians to write books on a similar scale. But in only 140 pages, Norman Stone distils a lifetime of teaching, arguing and thinking to reframe the overwhelming disaster whose aftershocks shaped the rest of the twentieth century.

''Bold, provocative and witty ... one of the outstanding historians of our age'' Spectator

''Entertaining and insightful ... one of the handful of living historians who can write with style and wit'' Tibor Fischer, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year

Vis mere
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 155
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

''Do we need another history of the First World War? The answer in the case of Norman Stone''s short book is, yes - because of its opinionated freshness and the unusual, sharp facts that fly about like shrapnel'' Literary Review

In 1914 a new kind of war, and a new kind of world, came about. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors'' empires were fatally damaged. The First World War marked a revolution in the technology of slaughter as trench warfare, artillery barrages, tanks and chemical warfare made their mark on the battlefield for the first time.

The sheer complexity and scale of the war have encouraged historians to write books on a similar scale. But in only 140 pages, Norman Stone distils a lifetime of teaching, arguing and thinking to reframe the overwhelming disaster whose aftershocks shaped the rest of the twentieth century.

''Bold, provocative and witty ... one of the outstanding historians of our age'' Spectator

''Entertaining and insightful ... one of the handful of living historians who can write with style and wit'' Tibor Fischer, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year

Vis mere
Se mere i:
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9780141031569
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0141031565
Kategori: 1910 til 1919
Udg. Dato: 27 mar 2008
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 126mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 27 mar 2008
Forfatter(e): Norman Stone
Forfatter(e) Norman Stone

Kategori 1910 til 1919

ISBN-13 9780141031569

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 126mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 27 mar 2008

Oplagsdato 27 mar 2008

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd