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Britain and Victory in the Great War Kindle Edition

by Peter Liddle (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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How can we begin to make sense of the Great War now that over 100 years have passed since it ended with the defeat of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman empire and Bulgaria, and the collapse of Tsarist Russia? The conflict had such a profound influence on world history that is it difficult to reconcile the different perspectives and draw clear conclusions. That is why this thought-provoking collection of original essays on the outcome of the war and its aftermath is of such value.It completes the trilogy of ground-breaking volumes conceived and edited by Peter Liddle which presents the latest scholarly thinking about the Great War from an international perspective. The first two volumes Britain Goes to War and Britain and the Widening War made this stimulating new writing accessible to a broad readership and this final volume has the same aim.A group of over twenty expert contributors reconsider the military reasons for the outcome of the fighting and look at the consequences for the principal nations involved. They explore the way the war and the peace settlement shaped the twentieth century and had an enduring impact within Europe and beyond.

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Dr Peter Liddle is a leading historian of the First World War and has concentrated on the personal experience of the men and women who took part. He founded the Liddle Collection, a repository of documents and memorabilia connected to the conflict, which is housed in the Brotherton Library, the University of Leeds. His many books include Captured Memories 1900-1918, Captured Memories 1930-1945, The Soldiers War 1914-1918, The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered, The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered and, as editor, Facing Armageddon, Britain Goes to War and Britain and the Widening War.

Contributors: Holger Afflerbach, Phylomena Badsey, Niall Barr, Chris Bellamy, Nick Bosanquet, Peter Burness, George Cassar, Tim Cook, Irene Guerrini, Clive Harris, Kate Kennedy, Ross Kennedy, William Philpott, Marco Pluviano, Chris Pugsley, Duncan Redford, Matthew Richardson, Alan Sharp, Yigal Sheffy, Jack Sheldon, Edward Spiers, David Welch, Ian Whitehead

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07FKJCXRD
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military (June 30, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 30, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 26029 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 377 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,618,557 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,714 in World War I History (Kindle Store)
- #7,857 in World War I History (Books)
- #8,028 in History of United Kingdom

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E. J. Webb

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2019

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The third and final volume in Roy Liddle's trilogy covering the Great War (following on 'Britain Goes to War' and 'Britain and the Widening War 1915-1916') is in fact, like its predecessors. a mixed bunch of contributions by a collection of authors. Some of these are really rather good, including Edward Spiers' 'Introduction', most at least moderately illuminating, a few decidedly underpowered. The trend of several is distinctly contrarian. William Philpott makes a fair case that 'The role of France and the French Army in the second half of the First World War has been underplayed' by British historians, which perhaps he somewhat overstates: was the 1917 Nivelle offensive on the Chemin des Dames really anything better than a catastrophic failure? Chris Bellamy attempts a similar claim on behalf of the Russian Army but he has set himself an uphill struggle. Contrariwise, turning to the German side, Robert Johnson will raise eyebrows in largely writing-off Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's determined guerrilla campaign 1914 - 1918 in East Africa: generally regarded as a brilliant feat of arms. Section 3 which covers the War's social effects and its aftermath valuably reconnects the battlefields with the wider world. Clive ('Battle Honours') Harris contributes an excellent account of battlefield touring down the years. Reading lists at chapter ends are generous but there are no footnotes / endnotes / citations and reliance is almost exclusively on secondary sources. Illustrations are copious, well-chosen, some familiar, many less so. Editing and proof reading are here and there defective but largely adequate.

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