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Jul 08, 2018 read the first world war pdf by hew strachan penguin books this serious, compact survey of the wars history stands out as the most wellinformed, accessible work available. But the avalanche of detail, battle upon battle, is oppressive. For anyone taking a serious look at this conflict and wants the historians objective take on events, in a readable form, then this is the must have book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A team of some of the worlds most distinguished first world war historians chart the causes, course. A brilliant and penetrating new history of the first world war by one of the worlds foremost experts on the conflict. To be fair, this is partly battle fatigue on the part of the reader.
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Sir hew francis anthony strachan, dl, frse, frhists, fba is a british military historian, well known for his work on the administration of the british army and the history of the first world war. Apr 01, 2017 and yet when all is said and done even with strachans cogent survey of the strategy and conduct of the war lords the first world war continues to leave an impression of a war blundered into by a group of imperial leaders with little concern for the their people. The first world war isbn 9780143035183 pdf epub hew. I also realized that my knowledge of wwi is woefully inept considering i have a history degree.
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