The long shadow : the legacies of the Great War in the twentieth century /
One of the most violent conflicts in the history of civilization, World War I has been strangely forgotten in American culture. It has become a ghostly war fought in a haze of memory, often seen merely as a distant preamble to World War II. In The Long Shadow critically acclaimed historian David Rey...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2014.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | One of the most violent conflicts in the history of civilization, World War I has been strangely forgotten in American culture. It has become a ghostly war fought in a haze of memory, often seen merely as a distant preamble to World War II. In The Long Shadow critically acclaimed historian David Reynolds seeks to broaden our vision by assessing the impact of the Great War across the twentieth century. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2013. |
| Physical Description: | xxix, 514 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393088632 (hardcover) 0393088634 (hardcover) |