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The First World War
Keegan, John
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BOOK SUMMARY
The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also hel

BOOK REVIEWS
"Eloquent.... Mr. Keegan captures the anamolous, even surreal quality of the war."  -The New York Times

"The best one-volume account there is."  -Civilization

"Elegantly written, clear, detailed, and omniscient.... Keegan is ...perhaps the best military historian of our day."  -The New York Times Book Review

"Undoubtedly the world's most accessible and popular military historian."  -Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Magisterial.... A miracle of concision."  -The Weekly Standard

"An epic tale.... Makes us keenly aware of how battles are fought, won, and lost."  -Fortune


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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0375700455
ISBN(13-digit): 9780375700453
Copyright: 2000
Dewey Decimal: 940.3
Library of Congress: BL 00006101
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 475
Paper Weight (lb): 1.1



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