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Format: XII, 263 S. : , Ill.

ISBN: 978-0-300-16202-8

Note: Includes bibliographical references

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Erster Weltkrieg ; Historische Darstellung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: http://opac.nebis.ch/objects/pdf/z01_978-0-300-16202-8_01.pdf

URL: http://opac.nebis.ch/objects/pdf/z01_978-0-300-16202-8_01.pdf

Author information: Beckett, Ian F. W. 1950-

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Format: Online-Ressource (xii, 263 p) , ill

Edition: Online-Ausg.

ISBN: 0300163665 , 9780300163667

Content: CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE SILENT CONQUEROR: The Flooding of the Yser, 21 October 1914 -- CHAPTER 2 THE WIDENING OFTHE WAR: Turkey's Entry into the War, 29 October 1914One -- CHAPTER 3 THE MAKING OF A NATION: Australia's Coming of Age at Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 -- CHAPTER 4 THE MAN AND THE HOUR: Lloyd George's Appointment as Minister of Munitions, 26 May 1915On -- CHAPTER 5 THE POWER OF IMAGE: The First Public Screening of The Battle of the Somme, 21 August 1916In

Content: CHAPTER 6 THE DEATH OF KINGS: The Passing of Emperor Franz Joseph, 21 November 1916On -- CHAPTER 7 THE UNGENTLEMANLY WEAPON: The German Declaration of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, 1 February 1917On -- CHAPTER 8 THE PATH TO REVOLUTION: The Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, 15 March 1917 -- CHAPTER 9 THE SHADOW OF THE BOMBER: The First Gotha Air Raid on London, 13 June 1917There -- CHAPTER 10 THE PROMISED LAND: The Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917 -- CHAPTER 11 THE MORAL IMPERATIVE: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, 8 January 1918

Content: CHAPTER 12 THE LAST THROW: The Opening of the German Lys Offensive, 9 April 1918In -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- FURTHER READING -- Index

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 0300162022

Additional Edition: ISBN 1283656574

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780300162028

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781283656573

Additional Edition: Print version Beckett, Ian F The Making of the First World War London : Yale University Press,c2013 ISBN 9780300162028

Language: English

URL: Volltext

URL: Volltext

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Format: 1 recurso en línea

ISBN: 1-283-65657-4 , 0-300-16366-5

Content: Nearly a century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the devastating global conflict that followed echo still. In this provocative book, historian Ian Beckett turns the spotlight on twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to shape the world today. Focusing on episodes both well known and scarcely remembered, Beckett tells the story of the Great War from a new perspective, stressing accident as much as strategy, the small as well as the great, the social as well as the military, and the long term as much as the short term. The Making of the First World War is global in scope. The book travels from the deliberately flooded fields of Belgium to the picture palaces of Britain's cinema, from the idealism of Wilson's Washington to the catastrophic German Lys offensive of 1918. While war is itself an agent of change, Beckett shows, the most significant developments occur not only on the battlefields or in the corridors of power, but also in hearts and minds. Nor may the decisive turning points during years of conflict be those that were thought to be so at the time. With its wide reach and unexpected conclusions, this book revises-and expands-our understanding of the legacy of the First World War.

Note: Front matter -- , CONTENTS -- , ILLUSTRATIONS -- , ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- , ABBREVIATIONS -- , INTRODUCTION -- , 1. The Silent Conqueror -- , 2. The Widening of the War -- , 3. The Making of a Nation -- , 4. The Man and the Hour -- , 5. The Power of Image -- , 6. The Death of Kings -- , 7. The Ungentlemanly Weapon -- , 8. The Path to Revolution -- , 9. The Shadow of the Bomber -- , 10. The Promised Land -- , 11. The Moral Imperative -- , 12. The Last Throw -- , Conclusion -- , NOTES -- , FURTHER READING -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-300-16202-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300163667