Catastrophe 1914 Europe goes to war
A history of the outbreak of World War I, from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches.
| Main Author: | Hastings, Max. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
[2013].
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
A history of the outbreak of World War I, from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2013 as: Catastrophe. |
| Physical Description: |
xxxvii, 628 pages : black & white illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-603) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780307597052 (hbk.) 0307597059 (hbk.) 9780307743831 (pbk.) 0307743837 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
In addition to presenting BBC historical documentaries and writing numerous books of military history, Hastings has contributed to publications including the Daily Mail, The Guardian, and the New York Review of Books. He received the nonfiction Somerset Maugham Award for Bomber Command, as well as the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Prize for both Overlord and The Battle for the Falklands. His title Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2013. The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945 was published in 2016 and is also on the New York Times Bestsellers List. Hastings was knighted in 2002, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and from 2002-2007 was President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. (Bowker Author Biography) |