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The Real War 1914-1918

by B.H. Liddell Hart · 1930

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Captain B. H. Liddell Hart is the foremost authority on World War I. In The Real War, the author has fused exhaustive research and creative brilliance with brevity and precision. Thus we have in one volume the war transformed into literature - an understandable, kaleidoscopic masterwork of military history.

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This 1935 hardcover edition of THE REAL WAR was updated, revised and added to somewhat, and retitled A HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR, and a new Introduction was also added.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thiswarwarMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IWorld War IMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 508 pages

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