The First World War
An Illustrated History
$45.56
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
28 March 1974
Summary
A reissuing of this famous book on World War One.
A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of 1918 and the state of Europe after the war.
Containing photographs and maps, this an essential history of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140024814 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140024816 |
| Author: | Professor A.J.P. Taylor, A.J.P. Taylor |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 28 March 1974 |
| Weight: | 391g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Bks. |
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Critics Review
‘The most readable, sceptical and original of modern historians’ - Michael Foot ‘Remarkable … Taylor here manages in some 200 illustrated pages to say almost everything that is important for an understanding and, indeed, intellectual digestion of that vast event’ Observer ‘It is unlikely that there will be a more satisfactory compact survey of that Armageddon’ Newsweek ‘What makes Taylor’s book outstanding is his capacity to penetrate through the undergrowth of controversy and conflicting interpretation to the central truth’ New York Review of Books ‘Probably the most controversial historian in the English-speaking world’ The Times
About The Author
Professor A.J.P. Taylor
A.J.P. Taylor (1906-1990) was one of the most brilliant historians of the twentieth century. He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Manchester, Oxford, and London.
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