Neil Heyman

World War I

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Designed for secondary school and college student research, this book is a readable analysis and ready-reference guide to the war. An introductory essay presents a lucid overview of the main features of the conflict, incorporating the most recent scholarship. Five essays analyze crucial aspects of the war, from the battlefield to the homefront, and a concluding essay assesses the consequences of the war from a contemporary perspective. Ready-reference features include: a chronology of events; lengthy biographical profiles of twenty-one major figures, stressing their role in the war's origins, conduct, or outcome; the text of fifteen key primary documents such as diaries, memoirs, and newspaper editorials; a glossary of selected terms; and an extensively annotated bibliography of recommended further reading and major documentary and feature films made about the war. The essays are designed to be readable and informative, capturing the tragic character of the war as well as presenting an analysis of its main features. Topics covered include the American role in the war, the collapse of the political systems in Russia and Austria-Hungary, the success of Allied military leaders in meeting the threat of German submarine warfare, and life on the homefront in the United States, Britain, France, and Germany. A concluding essay views the war as a shaping force for the entire twentieth century and its impact on the present day. The book presents the day-to-day course of events as it involved individuals by offering excerpts from diaries and memoirs, while decision-making at the highest level appears in selections from leaders' speeches and memoranda. Shifts in public opinion in the United States are illustrated by excerpts from newspaper editorials. A selection of maps completes the text. By raising issues for discussion about The War to End All Wars and providing reference features, this work is a one-stop resource for students, teachers, and library media specialists.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9780313298806
• ISBN-10: 0313298807
• Artikelnr.: 20980508

Autorenporträt

NEIL M. HEYMAN is Professor of History at San Diego State University. He is a specialist in Russian and modern European history and has written extensively on military affairs. He is author of Western Civilization: A Critical Guide to Documentary Film (Greenwood, 1996) and Russian History (1993), and coauthor (with Holger H. Herwig) of Biographical Dictionary of World War I (Greenwood, 1982). He is currently preparing a study of the final year of World War I from a global perspective.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller Introduction Chronology of Events
World War I Explained Overview of the War Anatomy of Catastrophe Anatomy of
Success The United States in World War I The Homefront War and the Collapse
of the Old Order Consequences of the War: A Contemporary Perspective
Biographies: The Personalities Behind the War Primary Documents of the War
Glossary of Selected Terms Annotated Bibliography Index