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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Stone, Norman, 1941- World War One. New York : Basic Books, 2009 (OCoLC)705772800 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Norman Stone |
ISBN: | 9780465013685 0465013686 9780141031569 0141031565 9780465019182 0465019188 |
OCLC Number: | 246894686 |
Notes: | Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2007. |
Description: | xiv, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Outbreak -- 1914 -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- Aftermath. |
Other Titles: | World War I |
Responsibility: | Norman Stone. |
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Abstract:
An eminent historian distills the War to End All Wars into a concise and brilliant single volume
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Military Review "Stone's book is a good overview of the war and worth reading." H-Net Reviews"The narrative has a rich sense of immediacy, accentuated with intimate details, as if Stone knew each figure personally... Throw in a handful of references to poems, films, and novels both contemporary and modern, as Stone does, add dashes of jaunty, scornful judgments, and the result is indeed a literary tour de force. The phrase 'cannot put it down' does indeed come to mind." Read more...
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