Brief History of the First World War - Eyewitness Accounts of the War to End All Wars, 1914-18 (Lewis Jon E.)(Paperback / softback)

Brief History of the First World War - Eyewitness Accounts of the War to End All Wars, 1914-18 (Lewis Jon E.)(Paperback / softback)

The First World War in vivid, personal detail, in the voices of those who lived

1914-1918 - The History of the First World War (Stevenson David)(Paperback / softback)

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. This title re-examines the causes, course and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and

Story of the First World War for Children (1914-1918) - In association with the Imperial War Museum (Malam John)(Paperback / softback)

The First World War was the world's first 'total war'. Although large-scale wars like the Napoleonic wars had ranged across many territories, the scale of WWI was unprecedented. It was also the first war between modern, industrialised nations and mechanised warfare saw new and terrifying weapons

The War Behind the Wire: The Life, Death and Glory of British Prisoners of War, 1914-18 (Lewis-Stempel John)(Paperback)

The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy. On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans 'For you the war is over'. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely

Great War: 1914-1918 (Hart Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. In this magnum opus, the author examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and

First World War - A New History (Strachan Hew)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliant and penetrating history of the First World War by one of the world's foremost experts on the conflict. Reissued for the 100th

The First World War: 1914-18 (Hatt Christine)(Paperback)

The First World War 1914-18 explores the political situation that provided the breeding ground for war, and traces the course of the fighting that killed almost nine million soldiers. It goes on to look closely at the wartime experiences of many people, and briefly examines the changes that swept

Poems of the Great War - 1914-1918(Paperback / softback)

Offers an introduction to the First World War Poetry. This title features the sequence of poems that is drawn from a number of sources, mixing both well-known and less familiar

We Danced All Night - A Social History of Britain Between the Wars (Pugh Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of great and unrelenting

The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 2: The State (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the First World War offers a history of the war from a predominantly political angle and concerns itself with the story of the state. It explores the multifaceted history of state power and highlights the ways in which different political systems responded to,

British Army Cap Badges of the First World War (Doyle Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The fascination with the British involvement in the First World War extends to all aspects of the conflict. The battles and their outcomes; the armies and their leaders; the conditions of trench warfare; and the controversies form part of the growing literature examining every aspect of a war that

First World War - An Illustrated History (Taylor Professor A J P)(Paperback / softback)

Presents an account of the First World War. This title tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of 1918 and the state of Europe after the war. Containing photographs and maps, it offers an

The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume 1: Global War (Winter Jay)(Pevná vazba)

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the First World War provides a comprehensive account of the war's military history. An international team of leading historians charts how a war made possible by globalization and imperial expansion unfolded into catastrophe, growing year by year in

Wars Of The Roses - England's First Civil War (Royle Trevor)(Paperback / softback)

* The first major single history of the Wars of the Roses for decades, written by renowned popular and military historian, Trevor Royle, out now in

The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons (Bayly C. A.)(Paperback)

This thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War reveals that the world was far more 'globalised' at this time than is commonly thought. Explores previously neglected sets of connections in world history. Reveals that the world was far more 'globalised', even at the

After Hitler - The Last Days of the Second World War in Europe (Jones Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The fascinating and little-known history of the last days of the Second World War in

Poetry of the Thirties(Paperback / softback)

Auden, Lewis, MacNeice and other key poets of the 'Thirties' were children of the First World War, obsessed by war and by communalism and by the class-struggle. But from within their strongly defined unity of ideals, a varied body of poetry emerged. This book arranges the poetry to make a 'critical

End of the Party (Rawnsley Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Including inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal, the author takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New

Guns of August - The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War (Tuchman Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

From the precipitous plunge into war and the brutal and bloody battles of August 1914, this book shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable

Empire And Revolution - A Socialist History of the First World War (Sherry Dave)(Paperback / softback)

Indian Empire At War - From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War (Morton-Jack George)(Paperback / softback)

The first global narrative military history of the Indian troops on all fronts who fought with the British in the Great

Great War: The First World War 1914-18 (Brooman Josh)(Paperback / softback)

Practical topic books for key periods in 20th Century

Hundred Days - The End of the Great War (Lloyd Nick)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, it traces the story of the next four months, which

Farewell to Arms (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback / softback)

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A Farewell to Arms. In an unforgettable depiction of war, Hemingway recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his