HORNE John (editor.)

A companion to world war I / edited by John Horne. - Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - xxviii, 696 pages : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Companion to World War I brings together a team of distinguished historians from 10 countries who contribute 38 substantial and thought-provoking chapters. The volume opens with section on the state of the world before 1914s, as it prepared for war without anticipating its true nature, and concludes with an examination of the conflict's military, diplomatic, and cultural legacies. In addition to covering the military history of the war and the individual states involved, contributors explore major themes such as war crimes, occupations, film, and gender.

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