Description |
lxxi, 808 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-764) and index. |
Contents |
I: The great train crash -- Empires and races -- Orient express -- Fault lines -- The contagion of war -- Graves of nations -- II: Empire-states -- The plan -- Strange folk -- An incidental empire -- Defending the indefensible -- The pity of peace -- III: Killing space -- Blitzkrieg -- Through the looking glass -- Killers and collaborators -- The gates of hell -- IV: A tainted triumph -- The osmosis of war -- Kaputt -- The descent of the west. |
Subject |
War.
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War -- Causes.
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World politics -- 20th century.
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ISBN |
1594201005 |
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9781594201004 |
Standard No. |
9781594201004 |
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