Keegan takes us behind the scenes of the doomed diplomatic efforts to avert the catastrophe; he probes the haunting question of how a civilization at the height of its cultural achievement and prosperity could propel itself toward ruin with so little provocation; his panoramic narrative brings to life the nightmarish engagements whose names have become legend--Verdun, the Somme, Gallipoli--as with profound sympathy, he explores the minds of Joffe, Haig and Hindenburg, the famed generals who directed the cataclysm.
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ISBN:1552630331 :
ISBN:9781552630334 :
Physical Description:xvi, 475 p., [8] leaves of plates : maps ; 24 cm. print