Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465094882ISBN-10:465094880UPC:9780465094882Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, EuropeBook Topic:World War I, Germany, Austria & HungarySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 2.30 inchesWeight:1.8Product ID:SCFGV14P7Q
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 Steel is essential for anyone seeking to understand the last century of European history.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465094882ISBN-10:465094880UPC:9780465094882Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, EuropeBook Topic:World War I, Germany, Austria & HungarySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 2.30 inchesWeight:1.8Product ID:SCFGV14P7Q
Alexander Watson is professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I, which won the Wolfson History Prize and the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, and Enduring the Great War, winner of the Fraenkel Prize.
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