{"product_id":"1914-1918","title":"1914-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e1914-1918\u003c\/i\u003e, David Stevenson''s history of the First World War, has been acclaimed as the definitive one-volume account of the conflict\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 analysis David Stevenson re-examines the causes, course and impact of this ''war to end war'', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics. His book provides a wide-ranging international history, drawing on insights from the latest research. It offers compelling answers to the key questions about how this terrible struggle unfolded: questions that remain disturbingly relevant for our own time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It''s harder to imagine a better single-volume comprehensive history of the conflict than this superb study'' \u003cb\u003eIan Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Perhaps the best comprehensive one-volume history of the war yet written'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''David Stevenson is the real deal ... His defining characteristic is his outstanding rigour as an historian ... tremendously clever'' \u003cb\u003eNiall Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This history of the 1914-1918 conflict surpasses all others. It is tough, erudite and comprehensive'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318859604350,"sku":"NW9780718197957","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780718197957.jpg?v=1778711804","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/1914-1918","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}