{"product_id":"1914-1918-the-history-of-the-first-world-war-1","title":"David Stevenson: 1914-1918 [2012] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e1914-1918\u003c\/i\u003e, David Stevenson's history of the First World War, has been acclaimed as the definitive one-volume account of the conflict\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major analysis David Stevenson re-examines the causes, course and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics. His book provides a wide-ranging international history, drawing on insights from the latest research. It offers compelling answers to the key questions about how this terrible struggle unfolded: questions that remain disturbingly relevant for our own time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's harder to imagine a better single-volume comprehensive history of the conflict than this superb study' \u003cb\u003eIan Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Perhaps the best comprehensive one-volume history of the war yet written' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'David Stevenson is the real deal ... His defining characteristic is his outstanding rigour as an historian ... tremendously clever' \u003cb\u003eNiall Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This history of the 1914-1918 conflict surpasses all others. It is tough, erudite and comprehensive' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stevenson, David","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50960190275923,"sku":"9780718197957","price":24.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48790577840467,"sku":"XV80718197957","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47160375476563,"sku":"XG80718197957","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/stevenson-david-david-stevenson-1914-1918-2012-paperback-1165878832.jpg?v=1746993681","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/1914-1918-the-history-of-the-first-world-war-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}