

The First World War
Author: Hew Strachan
Narrator: Clive Chafer
Unabridged: 13 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 03/07/2017
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Modern History, Wars, World War I
Synopsis
Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general reader. Written in crisp, compelling prose, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield—the clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didn't last.