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The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918

by Holger H. Herwig · 1997

Modern Wars series

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This book draws on ten years of archival research to provide the first comprehensive treatment in English of how Germany and Austria-Hungary conducted World War I and what defeat meant to them.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IWorld War IMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisAustriaAustriaMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 512 pages

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