Dimensions
153 x 234 x 38mm
The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unparalleled ferocity which extended far beyond its European epicentre, it destroyed the century of relative peace and prosperity which we associate with the Victorian era and unleashed the demons of the twentieth century - pestilence, military destruction and mass death. The ideas it spawned continue to shape our world today - modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, and radical thinking about economics and society.
This is the definitive account of the war - the battles on land, sea and in the air - offers a fascinating new interpretation of the military events. At its heart however, is the terrible human cost of this unparalleled conflict, the loss which, however vastly extended, remains personal and individual.
