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World War I : a short history / by Tammy M Proctor, Utah State University, Utah, USA.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley short histories ; 7713Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2017]Edition: 1st editionDescription: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118951934 (cloth)
  • 9781118951927 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: World War IDDC classification:
  • 940.3 23
LOC classification:
  • D521 .P77 2017
Contents:
Why and how did war break out in summer 1914? -- 1914. Was this war a total war? -- 1915. How and where was the war fought? -- 1916. Who participated in the war and how? -- 1917. How did war affect the societies and people who participated? -- 1918. What circumstances led to the end of the war? -- 1919. How did the peace treaties shape the postwar world? -- How was the war remembered and commemorated after 1919? -- Postscript. World War I in context.
Summary: "This book provides a short history of World War I. Each chapter answers a central question about the war and its aftermath, and at the conclusion of every section there is a skills exercise for understanding how historians work."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why and how did war break out in summer 1914? -- 1914. Was this war a total war? -- 1915. How and where was the war fought? -- 1916. Who participated in the war and how? -- 1917. How did war affect the societies and people who participated? -- 1918. What circumstances led to the end of the war? -- 1919. How did the peace treaties shape the postwar world? -- How was the war remembered and commemorated after 1919? -- Postscript. World War I in context.

"This book provides a short history of World War I. Each chapter answers a central question about the war and its aftermath, and at the conclusion of every section there is a skills exercise for understanding how historians work."--Provided by publisher.

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