Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced-Hugh Cecil, P

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Facing Armageddon: The First World War ExperiencedAuthor(s): Hugh Cecil, Peter Liddle\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pen & Sword Military\nISBN-13: 9781783461691, 978-1783461691\nSynopsis\nFacing Armageddon is a major collection of scholarly work on the [tel] war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a classic in the field. Sixty-four scholars from all over the globe, including the USA, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Holland and the UK, describe their research into what civilians and servicemen passed through, on the land, the sea and in the air. Their pioneering work is as important today as it was when the book was first published, for we can see clearly now how the First World War has shaped the fundamental character of the twentieth century. The Second World War and the Cold War were among its direct, long-term consequences. Without an awareness of its effects on t.