This book examines why, in 1914, a Balkan conflict escalated into a general European war. It focuses on the decision-making of each Power during the July-August crisis, and analyses the role of domestic politics, economics, cultural factors, militarism, imperialism, and the international political system. Attention is given to source material and to historiography, notably the ...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published some ninety years after the First World War began, D...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published ninety years after the First World War began, David ...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published ninety years after the First World War began, David ...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major new analysis, published some ninety years after the First World War began, D...(展开全部)

作者唐纳德•卡根（1932- ），美国著名历史学家，耶鲁大学古典学与历史学斯特林教席荣誉退休教授，古希腊历史研究的权威学者，1932年出生于立陶宛北部的库尔舍奈，两岁时随家人移民美国，1958年获得俄亥俄州立大学博士学位，2002年获颁美国国家人文奖章，2005年当选为该年度杰弗逊人文大师，著有《雅典帝国的灭亡》（1987）、《沉睡中的美国》（2000）、《西方的遗产》（2000）、《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》（2003）等。 译者曾德华，湖南通道人，毕业于湖南师范大学英语系，现任教于深圳大学外国语学院，译有《亚历山大大帝》（2010），《未年轻，便老去》（2013）等。

作者唐纳德•卡根（1932- ），美国著名历史学家，耶鲁大学古典学与历史学斯特林教席荣誉退休教授，古希腊历史研究的权威学者，1932年出生于立陶宛北部的库尔舍奈，两岁时随家人移民美国，1958年获得俄亥俄州立大学博士学位，2002年获颁美国国家人文奖章，2005年当选为该年度杰弗逊人文大师，著有《雅典帝国的灭亡》（1987）、《沉睡中的美国》（2000）、《西方的遗产》（2000）、《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》（2003）等。 译者曾德华，湖南通道人，毕业于湖南师范大学英语系，现任教于深圳大学外国语学院，译有《亚历山大大帝》（2010），《未年轻，便老去》（2013）等。

Hew Strachan is one of the world's foremost experts on the Great War of 1914-18. His ongoing three-volume history of the conflict, the first of which was published in 2001, is likely to become the standard academic reference work: Max Hastings called it 'one of the most impressive books of modern history in a generation', while Richard Holmes hailed it as a 'towering achievemen...(展开全部)

It will soon be close to a century since the outbreak of the First World War, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative one-volume history, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with vivid photographs—including early color photographs— The First World War re-creates...(展开全部)

约翰•基根，伦敦《每日电讯报》防务主编，英国皇家文学学会会员，1998年BBC瑞思讲演人（Reith Lecturer），多年在英国桑霍斯特皇家军事学院讲授军事史课程，并任普林斯顿大学高级研究院研究员和瓦萨尔学院客座教授，是当代最优秀的军事史家之一。著有A History of Warfare, The Second World War, The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, Battle at Sea等。