Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I
Autor Alexander Watsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mar 2017
A
prize-winning,
magisterial
history
of
World
War
I
from
the
perspective
of
the
defeated
Central
Powers
For
the
Central
Powers,
the
First
World
War
started
with
high
hopes
for
an
easy
victory.
But
those
hopes
soon
deteriorated
as
Germany's
attack
on
France
failed,
Austria-Hungary's
armies
suffered
catastrophic
losses,
and
Britain's
ruthless
blockade
brought
both
nations
to
the
brink
of
starvation.
The
Central
powers
were
trapped
in
the
Allies'
ever-tightening
Ring
of
Steel.
In
this
compelling
history,
Alexander
Watson
retells
the
war
from
the
perspective
of
its
losers:
not
just
the
leaders
in
Berlin
and
Vienna,
but
the
people
of
Central
Europe.
The
war
shattered
their
societies,
destroyed
their
states,
and
imparted
a
poisonous
legacy
of
bitterness
and
violence.
A
major
reevaluation
of
the
First
World
War,Ring
of
Steelis
essential
for
anyone
seeking
to
understand
the
last
century
of
European
history.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465094882
ISBN-10: 0465094880
Pagini: 832
Dimensiuni: 152 x 235 x 57 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
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ISBN-10: 0465094880
Pagini: 832
Dimensiuni: 152 x 235 x 57 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
Alexander
Watsonis
professor
of
history
at
Goldsmiths,
University
of
London.
He
has
been
a
college
Research
Fellow
and
British
Academy
Postdoctoral
Fellow
at
the
University
of
Cambridge
and,
from
2011-13,
a
Marie
Curie
Intra-European
Fellow
at
the
University
of
Warsaw.
His
first
book,Enduring
the
Great
War,
won
the
Fraenkel
Prize.
Alexander
Watson
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
Winner
of
the
Guggenheim-Lehrman
Prize
in
Military
History
Winner
of
the
Wolfson
History
Prize
The Society of Military History 2015 Distinguished Book Award Recipient
British Army Military Book of the Year
"In a year crowded with histories of World War I, Alexander Watson'sRing of Steelmakes a truly indispensable contribution in allowing us to see from the inside out this disastrous alliance between Austria and imperial Germany.... It is a mark of talent in a historian to take familiar narratives and open them to new interpretation. Mr. Watson's book is a brilliant demonstration of this skill."—Wall Street Journal
Ring of Steelis perhaps the most important of the current crop of [WWI] books -- and certainly one of the best."—Guardian(UK)
"This book, at times gripping, at other times poignant, and always revealing, marks a valuable contribution to [the] debate on the war's place in twentieth-century history."—Financial Times
"Remarkable...the first comprehensive history of the war written from the perspective of the Central Powers."—Los Angeles Review of Books
"A fresh approach in analyzing the conflict.... Watson's main concern here is to try and figure out why the loss of the war for the central powers created the unstable states that emerged in the aftermath of the conflict. He finishes off the task he has set himself here with considerable precision and skill."—Daily Beast
"British historians have tended to view the Great War predominantly from the side of the Allies. Watson has done our understanding an inestimable service by examining these familiar events from the perspective of the Central Powers."—Telegraph(UK)
"In a year dominated by memories of the First World War, this supremely accomplished book stands out. Not only does it look at the conflict from the perspective of the losing Central Powers, imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary, but it brings together political, military, economic and cultural history in an enormously impressive narrative."—Sunday Times(UK) History Book of the Year
"Watson has contributed a definitive resource to the literature on the strategic enigma being debated during the centennial of WW I."—Choice
"Illuminating...an outstanding book that has been scrupulously researched. I highly recommend this book to students of World War I and indeed anyone who wants to see how the Central Powers dealt with the stresses of war on the homefront. They will not find a better, fairer history because it has not yet been written."—Battles and Book Reviews