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The First World War was fought over a century ago, its pursuit by the European powers utterly reckless and ending with great consequential misfortune for humanity. Four generations later, the "Great War" has been forgotten by most Americans. The European and Commonwealth nations staged elaborate and moving commemorations during the centennial years of 2014 to 2018 to remember the shared sacrifices and enormity of the war. The general lack of such events in the United States marked the stark difference between how Americans and their allies looked back on that calamity.

From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. The war caused carnage on an industrial scale and the nature of trench warfare meant that thousands sustained facial injuries. In The Facemaker, award-winning historian Lindsey Fitzharris tells the true story of the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to restoring the faces of a brutalised generation.

The First World War had begun - imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age. War by Timetable is a history of the mobilization of the armies of the Great Powers in 1914. Taylor not only argues that the circumstances were already set for a general war, he also examines the flaws in the war plans of the Great Powers. The timetables and limited resources that were meant to serve as a deterrent to war instead relentlessly drove the powers into a conflict that engulfed the world.

The foremost expert on the subject describes how Native languages, which were essentially unknown outside tribal contexts and thus could be as effective as formal encrypted codes, came to be used for military communication during World War I.

The men of the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion were some of the most effective shock troops of the Allied forces in the Great War. They drove back German forces wherever they met and refused ever to surrender. Such tactics struck fear in their enemies, yet it came at a tremendous cost. Of the 5374 officers and men who passed through the unit, a total of 4917, or 91 percent, were either killed or wounded.

In the autumn of 1915 Will Bird was working on a farm in Saskatchewan when the ghost of his brother Stephen, killed by German mines in France, appeared before him in uniform. Rattled, Bird rushed home to Nova Scotia and enlisted in the army to take his dead brother's place. And We Go On is a remarkable and harrowing memoir of his two years in the trenches of the Western Front, from October 1916 until the Armistice.

In questa nuova edizione il volume, fortemente innovativo per tesi, documentazione e metodo, ha segnato uno spartiacque negli studi sulla prima guerra mondiale. Le riviste dell'età della "Voce", i fogli interventisti, i diari di trincea e la letteratura sulla guerra: rileggendo questa sterminata produzione Isnenghi ha ricostruito l'atteggiamento di una intera generazione di intellettuali italiani nei confronti dell'intervento e poi dell'esperienza bellica.

Robert Sackville-West brings together the extraordinary, moving accounts of those who dedicated their lives to the search for the missing. These stories reveal the remarkable lengths to which people will go to give meaning to their loss: Rudyard Kipling's quest for his son's grave, E. M. Forster’s conversations with traumatised soldiers in hospital in Alexandria, desperate attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead, the campaign to establish the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and the exhumation and reburial in military cemeteries of hundreds of thousands of bodies.

Young Gavrilo Princip arrived at the Vlajnic pastry shop in Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the morning of 28th June 1914. He was greeted by his fellow conspirators in the plot to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The archduke, next in line to succeed as emperor of Austria, was beginning a state visit to Sarajevo later that morning. Ferdinand was not a very popular character - widely thought of as bad-tempered and arrogant and perhaps even deranged. To the young students, he embodied everything they loathed about imperial oppression.

Timothy W. Crawford's The Power to Divide examines the use of wedge strategies, a form of divisive statecraft designed to isolate adversaries from allies and potential supporters to gain key advantages. With a multidimensional argument about the power of accommodation in competition, and a survey of alliance diplomacy around both World Wars, The Power to Divide artfully analyzes the past and future performance of wedge strategy in great power politics.

The First World War was four long years of slaughter, exhaustion, and the near-collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. Instead of rote memorization of endless facts, figures, names, and places, why not show what happened from those that were there in the trenches, skies, and on the seas? What did they see, hear, and feel?

La Gran Guerra dejó millones de civiles y soldados mutilados o muertos. Siga los pasos de los militares británicos, alemanes y estadounidenses mientras detallan la vida y las luchas de la guerra en un país extranjero y extraño. Descubra sus hipnotizantes y realistas historias de combate, valor y angustia en relatos amenos y equilibrados contados desde el frente.

La Grande Guerre a entraîné la mutilation ou la mort de millions de civils et de soldats. Suivez les traces des militaires britanniques, allemands et américains qui détaillent la vie et les combats de la guerre dans un pays étrange et étranger.

With a unique and fascinating glimpse into the lesser-known stories of the War to End All Wars, this riveting book unveils four thrilling stories from the trenches, seas, skies, and desert of a war-torn world. From one captain’s death-defying mission to smuggle weapons for an Irish rebellion to heroic pilots and soldiers from all corners of the globe, these stories shed light on real people and events from one of the greatest conflicts in human history.

Giovanni Lonardi era un emigrante veronese che viveva in Svizzera. Nell'aprile del 1915, tornato per un breve soggiorno in Italia, è stato arruolato e spedito al fronte. Lascia così moglie e tre bimbe a carico dei suoi poveri e vecchi genitori. Capita in un reggimento tra i più martoriati del fronte e scampa alla morte molte volte quasi per miracolo. Si comporta valorosamente tanto che si guadagna la croce di bronzo e il grado di sergente. Nel 1917 durante una rischiosa missione è fatto prigioniero e viene internato in un campo di prigionia in Austria.

La revolución industrial, iniciada en las últimas décadas del siglo XVIII, desencadenó la expansión económica hacia las colonias, particularmente las del continente africano. El nacionalismo, el imperialismo y el militarismo habían provocado diferentes conflictos coloniales entre las potencias europeas, que sin embargo lograron mantener un período de tranquilidad conocido como “Paz a través de la fuerza”, que estalló irremediablemente el 28 de junio de 1914.

The industrial revolution, started in the last decades of the 18th century, triggered the economic expansion towards the colonies, particularly those in the African continent. Nationalism, imperialism, and militarism had provoked different colonial conflicts among the European powers, which however managed to maintain a period of tranquility known as “Peace through strength”, which broke irreparably on the 28th of June of 1914.

Bloodier than Verdun, the battles for Fortress Przemyl were pivotal to victory on the Eastern Front during the early years of World War I. Control of the fortress changed hands three times during the fall of 1914. In 1915, the Austro-Hungarian armies launched three major offensives to penetrate the Russian encirclement and relieve the 120,000 trapped in the besieged fortress.

An adventurer in the truest sense, Joe Whiteside Boyle never turned from a challenge. He blazed the White Pass to the Yukon before gold seekers flooded the hills, boxed with a world heavy weight champion, and made millions selling lumber and dredging creeks in the Klondike. In World War I, he paid is own way to Europe to spy for the British, helped the Russians with their revolution, rescued the Romanian crown jewels on a stolen treasure train, lunched with the King of England, and spanked a prince.

George S. Patton is one of the most controversial, celebrated, and popular military leaders in American history, and his accomplishments and victories have been greatly documented. Yet Patton spent years in the Army before garnering national attention and becoming a highly-regarded and respected military leader. This work explores Patton's beginnings as a driven and intrepid soldier and his battles leading up to the Great War - military experiences which would be influential in his development as a commander.