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Contents preface viii list of illustrations x list of maps xii 1 world war ii and the destruction of the old order 1 2 the origins of the cold war in europe, 194550 16 3 towards hot war in asia, 194550 35 4 a global cold war, 19508 56 5 from confrontation to detente, 195868 78 6 cold wars at home 105 7 the rise and fall of superpower detente, 196879 122. A very short introduction is a concise history of the great war, focusing on why it happened, how it was fought. First offering a snapshot of europe in 1914, howard then establishes the geopolitics and identifies the principal reasons each of the major powers germany, austriahungary, france, russia, britain allowed the machinery of war to rumble into motion and then roar into sanguinary life. The first world war hew strachan pdf by gothicjewelry57 issuu. Sir michael eliot howard om ch cbe mc fba frhists 29 november 1922 30 november 2019 was a british military historian, formerly chichele professor of the history of war, honorary fellow of all souls college, regius professor of modern history at oxford university, robert a. The complete overthrow of the preworld war ii status quo, known as the cold war, left two superpowers the united states and the soviet union vying for ultimate global supremacy. Michael eliot howards most popular book is the first world war. It examines the state of europe in 1914 and the outbreak of war. A very short introduction ebook written by michael howard. It is a linear narrative that begins with the state of europe on the eve of war, then he addresses how the war began, and then he examines each year of war in turn. The historiographies of the new nationstates of eastern and central europe, and especially the wars victor states of.
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