From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. The war caused carnage on an industrial scale, and the nature of trench warfare meant that thousands sustained facial injuries. In The Facemaker, award-winning historian Lindsey Fitzharris tells the true story o...(展开全部)

Food, and in particular the lack of it, was central to the experience of the Second World War. In this richly detailed and engaging history, Lizzie Collingham establishes how control of food and its production is crucial to total war. How were the imperial ambitions of Germany and Japan - ambitions which sowed the seeds of war - informed by a desire for self-sufficiency in food...(展开全部)

Reviews the individuals, tactics, and events involved in Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's plan to end World War II

【作者简介】 多米尼克·利芬（Dominic Lieven），英国著名历史学家。毕业于剑桥大学历史系，现为剑桥大学三一学院高级研究员、英国学术院院士、伦敦政治经济学院荣休教授。他的《俄国与拿破仑的决战》（2015 年由甲骨文推出中文版）获2009 年沃尔夫森历史奖、2009 年拿破仑基金会拿破仑奖等诸多荣誉。 【译者简介】 苏然，法律从业者，先后就读于南开大学、中国政法大学，现为乔治城大学在读法学博士，译有《拿破仑大帝》。 王橙，现于法国攻读法国历史，译有《勇士中的勇士，拿破仑最富争议的元帅——米歇尔·奈伊传》、《拿破仑的第一骑兵——若阿基姆·缪拉传》、《拿破仑时代》（合译），并发表过《决战瓦夫尔》等文章。

The First World War is one of history’s greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account, author G. J. Meyer draws on exhaustive research to bring to life the story of how the Great War reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of the world we live in today. The First World War is one of history’s greates...(展开全部)

The First World War is one of history’s greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account, author G. J. Meyer draws on exhaustive research to bring to life the story of how the Great War reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of the world we live in today. The First World War is one of history’s greates...(展开全部)

The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. As prizewinning historia...(展开全部)

The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. As prizewinning historia...(展开全部)