{"product_id":"the-first-world-war-a-complete-history-a-complete-history-paperback","title":"The First World War: A Complete History: A Complete History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed British historian offers a majestic, single-volume work incorporating all major fronts-domestic, diplomatic, military-for \"a stunning achievement of research and storytelling\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would end officially almost five years later. Unofficially, it has never ended: the horrors we live with today were born in the First World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt left millions-civilians and soldiers-maimed or dead. And it left us with new technologies of death: tanks, planes, and submarines; reliable rapid-fire machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare. It introduced us to U-boat packs and strategic bombing, to unrestricted war on civilians and mistreatment of prisoners. Most of all, it changed our world. In its wake, empires toppled, monarchies fell, whole populations lost their national identities as political systems, and geographic boundaries were realigned. Instabilities were institutionalized, enmities enshrined. And the social order shifted seismically. Manners, mores, codes of behavior; literature and the arts; education and class distinctions-all underwent a vast sea change. And in all these ways, the twentieth century can be said to have been born on the morning of June 28, 1914. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (cover)\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Martin Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e was knighted in 1995 \"for services to British history and international relations.\" Among his many books are \u003ci\u003eThe Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day the War Ended\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChurchill: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978587373869,"sku":"9780805076172","price":32.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/OTZxdXkrNHF5VXBCa2l5VXlvTkhMQT09.webp?v=1775806016","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-first-world-war-a-complete-history-a-complete-history-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}