The First World War, Martin Gilbert
The First World War, Martin Gilbert
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The First World War
A Complete History

Author: Martin Gilbert

Narrator: Roger Clark

Unabridged: 33 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/12/2020

Synopsis

It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended: Many of the horrors we live with today are rooted in the First World War.

The Great War left millions of civilians and soldiers maimed or dead. It also saw the creation of new technologies of destruction: tanks, planes, and submarines; machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare. It introduced U-boat packs and strategic bombing, unrestricted war on civilians and mistreatment of prisoners. But the war changed our world in far more fundamental ways than these.

In its wake, empires toppled, monarchies fell, and whole populations lost their national identities. As political systems and geographic boundaries were realigned, the social order shifted seismically. Manners and cultural norms; literature and the arts; education and class distinctions; all underwent a vast sea change.

About Martin Gilbert

Martin Gilbert was Winston Churchill's official biographer. He was in Israel during the October War of 1973 and came under Syrian shellfire on the Golan Heights. His books include Arab-Israel Conflict Atlas and History of Israel. His Jewish History Atlas is a classic work of reference. He was a visiting professor at both Tel Aviv and the Hebrew University, and spent part of every year in Israel. Martin has also written histories of the First and Second World Wars, of D-Day, of the day the war ended (in 1945), and of the Holocaust.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on August 17, 2022

I believe that this is as definitive a history as you can get of the First World War. Though some may complain that it does not focus on this or that aspect, such as the battles and military fortunes of the war itself, or of the political and diplomatic side, or that it focuses too much on the Briti......more

Goodreads review by M. D. on October 18, 2008

It’s 543 pages of one damned thing after another. An oddly compelling way to do history: no real attempt to make sense of anything in terms of strategy or economics or politics; just a list of events mostly told via individual recollections. Gilbert troubles to quote a lot of poems throughout the te......more

Goodreads review by Bevan Lewis on July 25, 2015

Historians come in many flavours. There are those who expound on the big picture, who create masterful theories that appear to explain a lot, and some who dive into the detail of personalities and events. Martin Gilbert was a well respected historian with the public - his plentiful output sold well.......more

Goodreads review by Rita on November 30, 2022

A Primeira Guerra Mundial é um tema que há muito me fascina. Tive sempre a sensação que a minha geração não sabe quase nada sobre essa Guerra que mudou tudo. Muito mais que qualquer outro acontecimento. Ao longo dos anos fui procurando saber mais sobre o tema, primeiro sobre a participação de Portug......more

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