The Great War: 1914-1918

ISBN-13: 9780415267359 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str.

Marc Ferro

Opis

Home by Christmas That was the confident cry of the young men who marched to the frontlines in 1914. From London, Paris and Berlin they went in their millions, and in their millions they died. Marc Ferro's work, The Great War looks at the realities faced by those men and their families at home. Mapping tensions old and new, he offers an overview to the Great War. He details the meteoric rise of the bureaucratic classes prior to 1914, and charts the horrors of trench warfare. In particular he documents the reactions of the warring countries' socialist and labour organizations to the conflict. By doing so, Ferro has presents us with a significant reappraisal of the Great War.

Recenzje

'[Morrow] penetrates the phenomenon of war as few have managed ... the sort of compassionate, original historian who gives you faith in the future.' - The Observer

'Lively, informative and based on a lifetime of reading ... Morrow's history will give readers reason to think about a wide range of issues: not least the possibility that, during and after the First World War, Europeans began to apply to one another the brutality they had formerly reserved for their African subjects.' - The Independent

'With a staggering wealth of reference, John H Morrow has produced a universal historical tapestry which weaves together the international threads that provide the woof and warp of the conflict that introduced and essentially shaped the most barbaric century in human history. Given his canvas, he writes with amazing clarity, never allowing the reader to feel that he is being sold short on this panoramic journey through four years when the world went mad.' - Morning Star

'Morrow is an excellent military historian who follows quite strictly the war's events on the various fronts, revealing the colonial effort in troops and economics.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

Translator's Note  Introduction  Part 1:  1.  War, the Liberator  2. Patriotic War  3. Inevitable War  4. Imaginary War  5. 'War on War'  6. War is Declared  Part 2:  7. From Movement to Stagnation  8. Strong Points and Weak Points  9. Verdun and the Great Battles  10. Cannon Fodder and the New Art of War  11. Styles of War: Direct and Indirect  12. World War and Total War  13. The Possible and the Impossible  Part 3:  14. Tensions New and Old  15. Crises of War  16.  Revolutionary Peace, Compromise Peace, Victorious Peace  Part 4:  17. Between War and Crusade  18. The Illusions of Victory  Select Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Marc Ferro (1924-). President of the Association of Research at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Co-Director of the prestigious French review Annales.