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The Usborne introduction to the First World War
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The Usborne introduction to the First World War

Author: Ruth Brocklehurst; Henry Brook; Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
Publisher: Tulsa, Okla. : EDC, 2007.
Edition/Format: Book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
This book outlines how the First World War affected every corner of the globe, provoked revolutions, developed new weapons, and changed the political map of Europe forever.
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Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ruth Brocklehurst; Henry Brook; Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
ISBN: 9781601300553 1601300557 9780794514556 0794514553
OCLC Number: 164437628
Notes: Published in association with The Imperial War Museum.
Description: 128 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Contents: World at war: Great war -- Balance of power -- Assassination and crisis -- Europe in arms -- Plans unravel -- Over by Christmas?: Carving a new frontier -- Fire, wire and mud -- Going up the line -- Storm of steel -- Ghosts, shadows and lies -- North Sea raiders -- Your country needs you -- Day of peace -- Going global: Cruiser warfare -- African action -- Turkey enters the war -- Jihad and genocide -- Eastern front -- Deadlock: Deadly mist -- Settling in -- Dangerous voyage -- Out of thin air -- Home front -- Gallipoli -- War in the snow -- Big battles: Mincing machine -- Dreadnoughts duel -- Doomed youth -- Sky fighters -- Slaughter and sacrifice -- Trials and trauma -- Women in uniform -- Shock tactics -- Secrets and spies -- Desert wars -- Crisis and resolution: Riots and rebels -- Peace, bread and land -- Waking the giant -- Drowning in mud -- Backs to the wall -- Death throes -- Armageddon -- Time for piece -- Peace and its aftermath: Coming to terms -- Redrawing the map -- Glory and the pity -- Changed world -- Soldiers' stories -- Visions of war -- Unhappy peace -- Lest we forget -- Who's who -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Responsibility: Ruth Brocklehurst and Henry Brook; designed by Karen Tomlins, Michael Hill and Kate Rimmer; edited by Jane Chisholm.

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This book outlines how the First World War affected every corner of the globe, provoked revolutions, developed new weapons, and changed the political map of Europe forever.

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