| From the Publisher
"This is the first truly definitive
history of World War I, the war that has had the greatest
impact on the course of the twentieth century. The
first generation of its historians had access to a
limited range of sources, and they focused primarily
on military events. More recent approaches have embraced
cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history.
In this authoritative and readable history, Hew Strachan
combines these perspectives with a military and strategic
narrative. The result is an account that breaks the
bounds of national preoccupations to become both global
and comparative. The first of three volumes in this
magisterial study, To Arms examines not only the causes
of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea,
but also the ideas that underpinned it, and the motivations
of the people who supported it. It provides pioneering
accounts of the war's finances, the war in Africa,
and the Central Powers' bid to widen the war outside
Europe."
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