{"product_id":"the-first-world-war-a-new-history","title":"Hew Strachan: The First World War [2006] paperback","description":"Hew Strachan is one of the world's foremost experts on the Great War of 1914-18. His ongoing three-volume history of the conflict, the first of which was published in 2001, is likely to become the standard academic reference work: Max Hastings called it 'one of the most impressive books of modern history in a generation', while Richard Holmes hailed it as a 'towering achievement'. Now, Hew Strachan brings his immense knowledge to a one-volume work aimed squarely at the general reader. The inspiration behind the major Channel 4 series of the same name, to which Hew was chief consultant, THE FIRST WORLD WAR is a significant addition to the literature on this subject, taking as it does a uniquely global view of what is often misconceived as a prolonged skirmish on the Western Front. Exploring such theatres as the Balkans, Africa and the Ottoman Empire, Strachan assesses Britain's participation in the light of what became a struggle for the defence of liberalism, and show how the war shaped the 'short' twentieth century that followed it. Accessible, compelling and utterly convincing, this is a modern history writing at its finest.","brand":"Strachan, Hew","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47887991898451,"sku":"XG80743239615","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/strachan-hew-the-first-world-war-a-new-history-xg80743239615-55156182974803.jpg?v=1727972235","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-first-world-war-a-new-history","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}