{"product_id":"1914-1918-the-history-of-the-first-world-war","title":"1914-1918: The History of the First World War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e1914-1918\u003c\/i\u003e, David Stevenson's history of the First World War, has been acclaimed as the definitive one-volume account of the conflict\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major analysis David Stevenson re-examines the causes, course and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics. His book provides a wide-ranging international history, drawing on insights from the latest research. It offers compelling answers to the key questions about how this terrible struggle unfolded: questions that remain disturbingly relevant for our own time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's harder to imagine a better single-volume comprehensive history of the conflict than this superb study' \u003cb\u003eIan Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Perhaps the best comprehensive one-volume history of the war yet written' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'David Stevenson is the real deal ... His defining characteristic is his outstanding rigour as an historian ... tremendously clever' \u003cb\u003eNiall Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This history of the 1914-1918 conflict surpasses all others. It is tough, erudite and comprehensive' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 784 pages | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63172472963421,"sku":"9780718197957","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780718197957.jpg?v=1769055034","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/1914-1918-the-history-of-the-first-world-war","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}