![]() ![]() John Keegan's The First World War was everywhere praised, and became the definitive account of the war that created the modern world. ![]() Together, text & illustrations give us the most comprehensive & illuminating history we have of the First World War, the progenitor of all 20th-century warfare. Now Keegan has gathered together 475 photographs, maps, & other illustrations that allow us to see what his text so brilliantly describes: the startling ferocity of the conflict the hellish nature of the trenches the legendary battles of Flanders, the Somme, Verdun, Gallipoli, & their aftermaths the tanks, submarines, & airplanes new to the battlefield the faces of the statesmen who made the war & the soldiers who fought it. From a premier military historian comes a stunningly illustrated volume incorporating an abridged text of his bestselling "The First World War." Full color and b&w. ![]()
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