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Leonhard, Jörn.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- History.
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Leonhard, Jörn.
World War, 1914-1918 -- History.
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Pandora
's
box
: a
history
of the
First
World
War
/ Jörn Leonhard ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
by
Leonhard, Jörn.
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Call #:
940.3 L584p
Subjects
World
War
, 1914-1918 --
History
.
ISBN:
9780674545113 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Büchse der
Pandora
. English English
Alternate title:
History
of the
First
World
War
Description:
1087 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"This book was
first
published as Die Büchse der
Pandora
: Geschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs © Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2014."
Translated from the German.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 915-1049) and index.
Contents:
Legacies: the
First
World
War
and Europe'
s
long nineteenth century -- Antecedents: crises and containment before 1914 -- Drift and escalation in summer and fall 1914 -- Stasis and movement: 1915 -- Wearing down and holding out: 1916 -- Expansion and erosion: 1917 -- Onrush and collapse: 1918 -- Outcomes: wars in peace and rival models of order, 1919-1923 -- Memories: fragmented experiences and polarized expectations -- Burdens: the
First
World
War
and the century of global conflicts.
Summary:
"In this monumental
history
of
World
War
I, Germany'
s
leading historian of the twentieth century'
s
first
great catastrophe explains the war'
s
origins, course, and consequences. With an unrivaled combination of depth and global reach,
Pandora
's
Box
reveals how profoundly the
war
shaped the
world
to come. Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy, the everyday tactics of dynamic movement and slow attrition, the race for ever more destructive technologies, and the grim experiences of frontline soldiers. But the
war
was much more than a military conflict, or an exclusively European one. Leonhard renders the perspectives of leaders, intellectuals, artists, and ordinary men and women on diverse home fronts as they grappled with the urgency of the moment and the rise of unprecedented political and social pressures. And he shows how the entire
world
came out of the
war
utterly changed. Postwar treaties and economic turbulence transformed geopolitics. Old empires disappeared or confronted harsh new constraints, while emerging countries struggled to find their place in an age of instability. At the same time, sparked and fueled by the shock and suffering of
war
, radical ideologies in Europe and around the globe swept away orders that had seemed permanent, to establish new relationships among elites, masses, and the state. Heralded on its publication in Germany as a masterpiece of historical narrative and analysis,
Pandora
's
Box
makes clear just what dangers were released when the guns
first
fired in the summer of 1914." --Jacket.
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