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Poteva la Germania, e con lei gli Imperi Centrali, vincere la Grande Guerra? Una possibile risposta a questa domanda è contenuta nelle pagine di questo libro. L'ipotesi fondamentale è una diversa st……続きを見る

Soldati europei 1900-1915 è un libro ricavato da una antica pubblicazione dei primi del 900 edita da Eßlingen & Mnch., Schreiber di Monaco di Baviera, dal titolo Soldaten Bilderbuch. Questa è la pri……続きを見る

The Great War: From Memory to History offers a new look at the multiple ways the Great War has been remembered and commemorated through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Drawing on co……続きを見る

Dopo la sconfitta di Caporetto alleati ed avversari ritenevano oramai certo il crollo definitivo dell'Italia. Eppure, solo qualche mese più tardi, il Regio Esercito era tornato pienamente efficiente……続きを見る

Il 24 maggio 1915 ebbe inizio la Grande Guerra, quel grandissimo evento della storia d'Italia. Fu un'indimenticabile grandiosa vicenda della Patria, che unita, gettò tutte le sue forze nella ……続きを見る

Der weltberühmte Violinvirtuose und Komponist Fritz Kreisler kehrte 1914 nach der Kriegserklärung Österreich-Ungarns aus der neutralen Schweiz zurück und rückte freiwillig als Reserveoffizier bei se……続きを見る

**An Economist Best Book of the Year AFinancial TimesBest Book of the Year Winner of the the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize Finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize An Amazon Best Book of the Month (H……続きを見る

Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada’s first casualties of the Great War – men who tried to enlist but were deemed “unfit for service” by medical examiners. Condemned as shirkers for not……続きを見る

The First World War changed the map of Europe forever. Empires collapsed, new countries were born, revolutions shocked and inspired the world. This tumult, sometimes referred to as 'the literary war……続きを見る

Although southern Poland and western Ukraine are not often thought of in terms of decisive battles in World War I, the impulses that precipitated the battle for Galicia in August 1914ーand the unpre……続きを見る

The years 1909-1918 can be regarded as formative for MI5, an era in which it developed from a small counterespionage bureau into an established security intelligence agency. MI5 had two main roles d……続きを見る

Gathers together leading scholars in the field to examine the impact of World War I on the Middle East, which is crucial to understanding the region’s current problems and the rise of groups like th……続きを見る

Fot the general reader who has little or no pre-knowledge of the First World War. An authoritative but short, compeliing and easily read account of the part played by the British during the four mos……続きを見る

‘Lost Tommies’ brings together never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies and their amazing stories in a beautiful collection that is part thriller, part family history and part national arch……続きを見る

The story of the British Army has many sides to it, being a tale of heroic successes and tragic failures, of dogged determination and drunken disorder. It involves many of the most vital preoccupati……続きを見る

In this two-book bundle, Alan Bowker sheds new light on two subjects with a surprising connection: the great Canadian writer Stephen Leacock and the rise of Canada on the world stage, which Leacock ……続きを見る

‘Kobilek - Giornale di battaglia’, è il diario della partecipazione del Tenente Ardengo Soffici e del suo 128° Reggimento Fanteria Firenze all’XI Offensiva dell’Isonzo, passata alla storia come Batt……続きを見る

On the morning of July 1, 1916, at Beaumont-Hamel, the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment climbed out of their trenches and advanced into no man’s land. Eric Mackenzie Robertson went over the to……続きを見る

1914 fullasztó júliusa. A meggyilkolt trónörököspárt már eltemették, a Monarchia belgrádi nagykövete pedig egyre türelmetlen……続きを見る

This book challenges current thinking about the outbreak of World War I and the course of German foreign policy since Bismarck’s chancellorship. In 1914, Germany's opening offensives against France ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur les années 1915-1917 de la Grande Guerre en moins d’une heure ! Après un début de guerre bien mouvementé, l’Europe se trouve dans une impasse. Le confli……続きを見る

Most famous in Europe for his efforts to establish the League of Nations under US leadership at the end of the First World War, Woodrow Wilson stands as one of America’s most influential and visiona……続きを見る

A new and revised edition of Alan Sked’s groundbreaking book which examines how the Habsburg Empire survived the revolutionary turmoil of 1848. ‘The Year of Revolutions', saw the whole of Europe con……続きを見る

An extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War. What was it like to be a field gunner in the Great War? Drawing on t……続きを見る

An entirely new look at the shocking impact of the First World War on New Zealand. For New Zealand, World War One was wholly avoidable, wholly unnecessary ー and almost wholly disastrous. Stevan Eld……続きを見る

As the ‘second city of empire’, Liverpool and the surrounding region played a pivotal role in the First World War. Even before the conflict, almost a third of all the goods that came into the countr……続きを見る

Basking in the summer sunshine of July 1914, the west coast of Wales seemed far away from a war on mainland Europe. However, its effects were soon felt, as within days the Territorial Army camped ne……続きを見る

The biggest shipping loss of both world wars was the hospital ship Britannic, at almost 50,000 tons. Supposedly safe to travel the seas, many hospital ships were lost in both wars. From the smallest……続きを見る

The incredible true story of Clifton B. “Lucky” Cates, whose service in World War I and beyond made him a legend in the annals of the Marine Corps. Cates knew that he and his small band of marines w……続きを見る

At the end of 1918 one prescient American historian began to write a history of the Great War. "What will you call it?" he was asked. "The First World War," was his bleak response. In Between the Wa……続きを見る