The Purpose of the First World War
Ten million soldiers died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? The Great War is widely seen as a "pointless carnage" (Pope Benedict XV). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? International specialists analyse the hopes and expecta...
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| description | Ten million soldiers died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? The Great War is widely seen as a "pointless carnage" (Pope Benedict XV). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? International specialists analyse the hopes and expectations of the political and military leaders and try to explain why the contemporaries thought that they had to fight the Great War. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-325662025-07-30T22:53:51Z The Purpose of the First World War Afflerbach, Holger History History World War 1 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR5 First World War thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPB Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950::3MPBF c 1910 to c 1919::3MPBFB c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period) Ten million soldiers died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? The Great War is widely seen as a "pointless carnage" (Pope Benedict XV). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? International specialists analyse the hopes and expectations of the political and military leaders and try to explain why the contemporaries thought that they had to fight the Great War. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-04-25 23:55 2020-03-21 03:00:30 2020-04-01T10:30:47Z 2015-06-26 book 1004876 OCN: 913087840 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25218 9783110443486;9783110435993 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32566 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25218/1/1004876.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25218/1/1004876.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25218/1/1004876.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25218/1/1004876.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25218/1/1004876.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25218/1/1004876.pdf De Gruyter Oldenbourg c2db1ccc-6372-411c-ac43-90a873b0d719 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783110443486;9783110435993 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books 102425 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books open access |
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