The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New Edition

406 Pages·2014·66.34 MB·English

by  Hew Strachan

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the oxford illustrated history of the
FIRST WORLD WAR
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THE OXFORD
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE
FIRST WORLD
WAR
Edited by
Hew Strachan
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CONTENTS
List of Colour Plates vii
List of Maps ix
Notes on Contributors xi
Introduction 1
hew strachan
1. The Origins of the War 11
samuel r. williamson, jr.
2. The Strategy of the Central Powers, 1 914–1917 28
holger afflerbach
3. Manœuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts, 1 914–1915 39
dennis e. showalter
4. The Strategy of the Entente Powers, 1 914–1917 54
david french
5. The Balkans, 1914–1918 66
richard j. crampton
6. Turkey’s War 80
ulrich trumpener
7. The War in Africa 92
david killingray
8. The War at Sea 103
paul g. halpern
9. Economic Warfare 119
b. j. c. mckercher
10. Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, and Machines 134
hew strachan
11. The Role of Women in the War 149
susan r. grayzel
12. The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts 163
john turner
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13. Eastern Front and Western Front, 1 916–1917 179
robin prior and trevor wilson
14. Mutinies and Military Morale 191
alexander watson
15. War Aims and Peace Negotiations 204
david stevenson
16. Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent 216
j. m. winter
17. Socialism, Peace, and Revolution, 1917–1918 226
john horne
18. The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects 238
david trask
19. The German Victories, 1917–1918 252
holger h. herwig
20. The War in the Air 264
john h. morrow, jr.
21. The Allied Victories, 1918 277
tim travers
22. The Peace Settlement 290
zara steiner
23. No End to War 304
robert gerwarth
24. Memory and the Great War 317
modris eksteins
Maps 331
Further Reading 341
Illustration Sources 363
Index 367
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LIST OF COLOUR PLATES
1. Paul Leroy, La Sainte de la frontière (1914)
2. F. Vallotton, Verdun 1917
3. ‘St George Slaying the Dragon’, Russian poster
4. Hungarian brewery advertisement
5. George Lambert, Anzac, the Landing 1915 (1920)
6. O. Laske, Fighting on the Barricades, Belgrade 1915
7. Russian soldier as saviour of Armenians, French poster
8. Malcolm Gibson, Le Blé canadien
9. John Lavery, A Convoy, North Sea, from N.S.7 (1918)
10. Edouard Vuillard, Usine de fabrication d’armement à Lyon: la forge
11. Edward Wadsworth, Dazzle-ships in Dry Dock at Liverpool (1919)
12. ‘Remember Belgium’ poster
13. ‘Four Years in the Fight’ poster
14. Albert Heim, Theodor von Wundt and brigade staff
15. Albert Heim, Theodor von Wundt observing the Battle of the Somme
16. ‘Joan of Arc Saved France’, poster
17. ‘Japan joins in the Fight against the Barbarians’
18. Guy Arnoux, The Good Frenchman
19. Poster of male munitions worker
20. Paul Nash, The Ypres Salient at Night
21. Brequet 14 plane
22. Richard Carline, Kemmel Hill Seen from an Aeroplane (1918)
23. The Last Post
24. Poppies
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LIST OF MAPS
1. Europe in 1914 332
2. The Rhine Basin 334
3. The Adriatic 335
4. Eastern Europe 336
5. The Ottoman Empire 337
6. Europe after the First World War 338
7. Africa after the First World War 340
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