This is an auction for 1914-1918: THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR by David Stevenson.

"This history of the 1914-1918 conflict surpasses all others. It is tough, erudite and comprehensive."

• The Independent

"It's harder to imagine a better single-volume history of the conflict than this superb study."

• Ian Kershaw

"David Stevenson's defining characteristic is his outstanding rigour as an historian ... tremendously clever."

• Niall Ferguson

"Perhaps the best one-volume history of the war yet written."

• The New Yorker

Amazon.com reviews:

"In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still remain today within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis Professor David Stevenson re-examines the causes, course and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics. His book provides a wide-ranging international history, drawing on insights from the latest research. It offers compelling answers to the key questions about how this terrible struggle unfolded: questions that remain disturbingly relevant for our own time."

"FIVE STARS!!! This book goes beyond the Armistice all the way to the Second World War. It thus provides a complete view of the period because the author considers - correctly in my opinion - that the two world wars are intimately connected, the second world war being a direct result of the first. The book is impressive in its breadth and depth but it is a major achievement of easy reading without any loss in historic analysis or accuracy."

Paperback 2005.

729 pages + 37 photographs.

Very good condition.

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