2007, ISBN: 9780415323598

Hardcover

London: Viking, 2007. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to… More...

London: Viking, 2007. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1.2 kg); (xxiii) 436pp; Index; Contains: Black & White Photographs; Illustrated endpapers and blanks; ISBN: 978-0-670-91593-4 || The book is in stock and ships from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, nearly in Bath, from a long-in-the-tooth bookseller - guaranteed by my sound reputation and the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy of this book means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book#(175948)|| Condition:, London: Viking, 2007, 3, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989. xv, 200pp, index, bibliography. Or blue cloth in jacket. As new copy. A unique study into the culture of science in 17th century France, focusing on the brief revolutionary period (1650-1680) that launched Europe's New Age of Academies. Drawing on previously unexploited materials the author develops a provocative new interpretation of the shift from privately funded to state-funded science in France during the second half of the 17th century.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., Cornell University Press, 1989, 5, New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1999 xvi, 475 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover (glued to the boards). Another copy available. "The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society--and in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. With The First World War, John Keegan, one of our most eminent military historians, fulfills a lifelong ambition to write the definitive account of the Great War for our generation. Probing the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ruinous conflict, Keegan takes us behind the scenes of the negotiations among Europe's crowned heads (all of them related to one another by blood) and ministers, and their doomed efforts to defuse the crisis. He reveals how, by an astonishing failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute grew to engulf an entire continent. But the heart of Keegan's superb narrative is, of course, his analysis of the military conflict. With unequalled authority and insight, he recreates the nightmarish engagements whose names have become legend--Verdun, the Somme and Gallipoli among them--and sheds new light on the strategies and tactics employed, particularly the contributions of geography and technology. No less central to Keegan's account is the human aspect. He acquaints us with the thoughts of the intriguing personalities who oversaw the tragically unnecessary catastrophe--from heads of state like Russia's hapless tsar, Nicholas II, to renowned warmakers such as Haig, Hindenburg and Joffre. But Keegan reserves his most affecting personal sympathy for those whose individual efforts history has not recorded--'the anonymous millions, indistinguishably drab, undifferentially deprived of any scrap of the glories that by tradition made the life of the man-at-arms tolerable.' By the end of the war, three great empires--the Austro-Hungarian, the Russian and the Ottoman--had collapsed. But as Keegan shows, the devastation ex-tended over the entirety of Europe, and still profoundly informs the politics and culture of the continent today. His brilliant, panoramic account of this vast and terrible conflict is destined to take its place among the classics of world history. / John Keegan was for many years senior lecturer in military history at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and has been a fellow at Princeton University and a professor of history at Vassar College. He is the author of thirteen previous books, including the acclaimed The Face of Battle and The Second World War. He lives in Wiltshire, England." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1999, 3, Routledge, 2006-04-20. Paperback. Acceptable. Second edition. Rough copy with light liquid stain at lower right corner of text block, along with wear at same corner. About 15% with colorful highlighting., Routledge, 2006-04-20, 2.5<

2006, ISBN: 0415323592

[EAN: 9780415323598], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Routledge], Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear o… More...

[EAN: 9780415323598], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Routledge], Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects., Books<

2006, ISBN: 0415323592

[EAN: 9780415323598], Gebraucht, [PU: Routledge], Second edition. Rough copy with light liquid stain at lower right corner of text block, along with wear at same corner. About 15% with co… More...

[EAN: 9780415323598], Gebraucht, [PU: Routledge], Second edition. Rough copy with light liquid stain at lower right corner of text block, along with wear at same corner. About 15% with colorful highlighting., Books<

2006, ISBN: 9780415323598

Paperback, Gebraucht, Second edition. Rough copy with light liquid stain at lower right corner of text block, along with wear at same corner. About 15% with colorful highlighting., [PU: R… More...

Paperback, Gebraucht, Second edition. Rough copy with light liquid stain at lower right corner of text block, along with wear at same corner. About 15% with colorful highlighting., [PU: Routledge]<