100 Days to Victory: How the Great War Was Fought and Won 1914-1918
$42.43
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
8 July 2014
Summary
Saul David’s 100 Days to Victory is a totally original, utterly engaging account of the Great War - the first book to tell the story of the ‘war to end all wars’ through the events of one hundred key days between 1914 and 1918.
The history of any war is more than a list of key battles and Saul David shows vividly how the First World War reached beyond the battlefield, touching upon events and lives which shaped the conduct and outcome of the conflict. Ranging from the young A…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444763386 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444763385 |
| Author: | Saul David, Saul David Ltd |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 126mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
ZULU (2005) ‘A remarkable work by a huge new talent’
Original and effective…Professor David exceeds the reader’s expectations…one of the best measured accounts. - Times Literary Supplement
A splendid read… a specialist in 19th century colonial wars and a fine writer, David has intelligently boiled down recent scholarship on the war. - The ObserverSaul David has come up with an ingenious approach… The charm of this unorthodox technique becomes clear as soon as you open the book… a remarkable book. - Daily MailSplendidly well written - fluent, engaging, well paced and, despite the grim subject matter, often entertaining. - New StatesmanFascinating, original…vivid…brilliantly conveys the global scale of the conflict…if you usually find military history rather turgid you must read this. - The BooksellerA free-flowing work of great originality and insight. - Charles SpencerOriginal and effective…Professor David exceeds the reader’s expectations…one of the best measured accounts. - Times Literary SupplementA splendid read… a specialist in 19th century colonial wars and a fine writer, David has intelligently boiled down recent scholarship on the war. - The ObserverSaul David
Saul David is Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham and the bestselling author of Zulu Hart, the first novel in the George Hart series, as well as several critically-acclaimed history books, including The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature), Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone’s Military History Book of the Year), Victoria’s Wars: The Rise of Empire and All the King’s Men. He regularly appears on television and radio, and recently presented the series ‘Bullets, Boots and Bandages’ for BBC 4.
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