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Physical Desc
xiii, 379 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live. This volume brings together essays by distinguished historians, covering the war's causes and consequences; strategy and tactics; and its political and human legacies.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (500 min.) : sound, color, with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The popular view of the First World War is dominated by cliche. Young soldiers were led to ghastly deaths in muddy wastes on the Western Front by incompetent generals for reasons that were seemingly futile. And although cliches are not necessarily lies, they are, at best, a selective view of the truth.