The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War

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The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live, and its legacy lives on, in poetry, in prose, in collective memory and political culture. By the time the war ended in 1918, millions lay dead. Three major empires lay shattered by defeat, those of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans. A fourth, Russia, was in the throes of a revolution that helped define the rest of the twentieth century. The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War brings together in one volume many of the most distinguished historians of the conflict, in an account that matches the scale of the events. From its causes to its consequences, from the Western Front to the Eastern, from the strategy of the politicians to the tactics of the generals, they chart the course of the war and assess its profound political and human consequences. Chapters on economic mobilization, the impact on women, the role of propaganda, and the rise of socialism establish the wider context of the fighting at sea and in the air, and which ranged on land from the trenches of Flanders to the mountains of the Balkans and the deserts of the Middle East. First published for the 90th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this highly illustrated revised edition contains significant new material to mark the 100th anniversary of the war. Cover THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR Copyright Contents List of Colour Plates List of Maps Notes on Contributors Introduction CHAPTER 1: The Origins of the War CHAPTER 2: The Strategy of the Central Powers, 1914–1917 CHAPTER 3: Manoeuvre Warfare: The Eastern and Western Fronts, 1914–1915 CHAPTER 4: The Strategy of the Entente Powers, 1914–1917 CHAPTER 5: The Balkans, 1914–1918 CHAPTER 6: Turkey’s War CHAPTER 7: The War in Africa CHAPTER 8: The War at Sea CHAPTER 9: Economic Warfare CHAPTER 10: Economic Mobilization: Money, Munitions, and Machines CHAPTER 11: The Role of Women in the War CHAPTER 12: The Challenge to Liberalism: The Politics of the Home Fronts CHAPTER 13: Eastern Front and Western Front, 1916–1917 CHAPTER 14: Mutinies and Military Morale CHAPTER 15: War Aims and Peace Negotiations CHAPTER 16: Propaganda and the Mobilization of Consent CHAPTER 17: Socialism, Peace, and Revolution, 1917–1918 CHAPTER 18: The Entry of the USA into the War and its Effects CHAPTER 19: The German Victories, 1917–1918 CHAPTER 20: The War in the Air CHAPTER 21: The Allied Victories, 1918 CHAPTER 22: The Peace Settlement CHAPTER 23: No End to War CHAPTER 24: Memory and the Great War MAPS FURTHER READING Austria-Hungary Britain France Germany Italy Russia United States of America Austria-Hungary Britain France Germany Italy Russia United States of America Austria-Hungary Britain France Germany Italy Russia United States of America ILLUSTRATION SOURCES INDEX