The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War

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Second Edition

Edited by Hew Strachan

Oxford Illustrated History

The Oxford History of the First World War - from causes to consequences, from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, from the strategy of the politicians to the tactics of the generals
Charts both the military course of the war and its profound political and human consequences, from the trenches of Flanders to the deserts of the Middle East
Brings together some of the world's most distinguished historians of the First World War in an account that matches the scale of the events
Includes chapters on economic mobilization, the impact on women and the home front, propaganda, and the rise of revolutionary socialism
A new edition to mark the centenary of the war

New to this Edition:

All chapters updated, with a fully updated further reading
New chapters on the strategy of the Central Powers, the role of women in the war, and mutinies and military morale
Extra new chapter on the post-war conflicts in the years immediately after 1918
Over forty new illustrations

The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War

New Edition

Second Edition

Edited by Hew Strachan

Description

The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live, and its legacy lives on, in poetry, in prose, in collective memory and political culture. By the time the war ended in 1918, millions lay dead. Three major empires lay shattered by defeat, those of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans. A fourth, Russia, was in the throes of a revolution that helped define the rest of the twentieth century.

The Oxford History of the First World War brings together in one volume many of the most distinguished historians of the conflict, in an account that matches the scale of the events. From its causes to its consequences, from the Western Front to the Eastern, from the strategy of the politicians to the tactics of the generals, they chart the course of the war and assess its profound political and human consequences. Chapters on economic mobilization, the impact on women, the role of propaganda, and the rise of socialism establish the wider context of the fighting at sea and in the air, and which ranged on land from the trenches of Flanders to the mountains of the Balkans and the deserts of the Middle East.

First published for the 90th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this highly illustrated revised edition contains significant new material to mark the 100th anniversary of the war's outbreak.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War

New Edition

Second Edition

Edited by Hew Strachan

Oxford Illustrated History

Introduction, Hew Strachan
1:The Origins of the War, Samuel R. Williamson, Jr
2:The Strategy of the Central Powers, 1914-1917, Holger Afflerbach
3:Manoeuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts, 1914-1915, D. E. Showalter
4:The Strategy of the Entente Powers, 1914-1917, David French
5:The Balkans, 1914-1918, R. J. Crampton
6:Turkey's War, Ulrich Trumpener
7:The War in Africa, David Killingray
8:The War at Sea, Paul G. Halpern
9:Economic Warfare, B. J. C. McKercher
10:Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, Machines, Hew Strachan
11:The Role of Women in War, Susan Grayzel
12:The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts, J. A. Turner
13:Eastern Front and Western Front, 1916-1917, Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson
14:Mutinies and Military Morale, Alexander Watson
15:War Aims and Peace Negotiations, David Stevenson
16:Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent, J. M. Winter
17:Socialism, Peace, and Revolution, 1917-1918, John Horne
18:The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects, David Trask
19:The German Victories, 1917-1918, Holger H. Herwig
20:The War in the Air, John H. Morrow, Jr
21:The Allied Victories, 1918, Tim Travers
22:The Peace Settlement, Zara Steiner
23:No End to War, Robert Gerwarth
24:Memory and the Great War, Modris Eksteins
Further Reading
Index

The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War

New Edition

Second Edition

Edited by Hew Strachan

Oxford Illustrated History

Author Information

Edited by Hew Strachan, Professor of International Relations, St Andrews University

Sir Hew Strachan was born in Edinburgh in 1949, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow between 1975 and 1992. He was Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow between 1992 and 2001, and founded its Scottish Centre for War Studies. From 2002 to 2015 he was Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of All Souls College, and between 2003 and 2012 he directed the Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War. Since 2015 he has been Professor of International Relations at St Andrews University.

Contributors:

Hew Strachan
Samuel R. Williamson, Jr
Holger Afflerbach
D. E. Showalter
David French
R. J. Crampton
Ulrich Trumpener
David Killingray
Paul G. Halpern
B. J. C. McKercher
Hew Strachan
Susan Grayzel
J. A. Turner
Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson
Alexander Watson
David Stevenson
J. M. Winter
John Horne
David Trask
Holger H. Herwig
John H. Morrow, Jr
Tim Travers
Zara Steiner
Robert Gerwarth
Modris Eksteins