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The Resource First World War for dummies, by Dr. Seán Lang, (electronic resource)
First World War for dummies, by Dr. Seán Lang, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- From the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War For Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars. It takes a global perspective of this global conflict, proving insight into the actions and motivations of the participants and how each nation's story fits into the wider one. Coverage also includes: The origins of the war and a snapshot of what the world looked like at the beginning of the 20th centuryThe battles of Western Europe, and action in the Southern and Eastern FrontsThe wa
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (427 pages).
- Note
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- This is an OverDrive title
- Freeing Men for the Front: Women at Work
- Contents
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- At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Origins of War; Chapter 1: The First World War: An Overview; I Name This War ... Er, What Should We Call the War?; Analysing the Causes; Reviewing the Combatants; Mapping the Conflict; Forging Ahead with the Technology and Science of War; The First World War in a Nutshell; The Legacy: Why the First World War Still Matters; Chapter 2: The World in 1900; The State We're In: Taking a Tour of the World in 1900
- How People Lived: A World of ExtremesHow (Some) People Thought: Brave New Ideas for a Brave New World; Working with What We've Got: Building a Better World; Chapter 3: Crisis Mismanagement: Unpicking the Causes of the First World War; Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It's Off to War We Go; Understanding How (and Why) the First World War Started; So What Did Cause the War?; Part II: Europe at War, 1914-1916; Chapter 4: 1914: The First World War Starts Here; The War You've All Been Waiting for -- Must End by Christmas!; Haven't We Met Before? The European Armies of 1914; Wrestling for the West
- Tragedy on the Eastern FrontChapter 5: 1915: Cunning Plans to Win the War; Winning Wheezes in the West; How to Break Through in the West and Win the War in a Year; Rolling Back the Russians; Seeing Off the Serbs; This Looks Fun -- Can We Play? Italy and Bulgaria Join the War; Chapter 6: 1916: The Big Battles; BIG Plans: BIG Push; A Struggle for Life and Death: The Battle of Verdun; Britain's End of Innocence: The Battle of the Somme; The Eastern Front: Hopes Raised, then Dashed; Part III: A World at War; Chapter 7: Welcome to the World of the Trenches
- Negotiating the Trenches of the Western FrontGetting Out of the Trench Trap; Dealing with Men Who Couldn't -- or Wouldn't -- Fight; Chapter 8: War at Sea, War in the Air; Sea Power = Great Power: Ruling the Waves; Updating and Innovating: Dreadnoughts and Destroyers; Raiders and Blockaders; High Noon on the High Seas: The Battle of Jutland; Controlling the Skies; Chapter 9: Turkish Delights; The Ottomans and Their Declining Empire: Choosing a Way Forward; Is a World War Not Enough? Have a Holy War Too!; A Mess in Mesopotamia; Disaster at the Dardanelles; The Arab Spring
- Chapter 10: The Imperial WarThe Imperial World of Warcraft: Europe's Empires; Forging National Identities; Chapter 11: America Goes to War; Woodrow Wilson's World; You Know How President Wilson Kept America Out of the War? Well, He's Changed His Mind; Gearing Up for Action: A Nation at War; The Yanks Are Coming!; Part IV: Home Fronts; Chapter 12: The Civilian War; Blurring the Lines between Soldiers and Civilians; Taking on Special Powers; Conscription Comes to Britain; Round 'Em Up and Drive 'Em Out!; Fighting the War for Food; Chapter 13: Women at War; Welcome to the Women's Sphere
- Isbn
- 9781118679968
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- First World War for dummies
- Title
- First World War for dummies
- Statement of responsibility
- by Dr. Seán Lang
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War For Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars. It takes a global perspective of this global conflict, proving insight into the actions and motivations of the participants and how each nation's story fits into the wider one. Coverage also includes: The origins of the war and a snapshot of what the world looked like at the beginning of the 20th centuryThe battles of Western Europe, and action in the Southern and Eastern FrontsThe wa
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lang, Sean
- Dewey number
- 940.3
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D521
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- For dummies
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- World War
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- HISTORY
- 20th Century
- Sonstiges
- Military campaigns
- Label
- First World War for dummies, by Dr. Seán Lang, (electronic resource)
- Note
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- This is an OverDrive title
- Freeing Men for the Front: Women at Work
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- At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Origins of War; Chapter 1: The First World War: An Overview; I Name This War ... Er, What Should We Call the War?; Analysing the Causes; Reviewing the Combatants; Mapping the Conflict; Forging Ahead with the Technology and Science of War; The First World War in a Nutshell; The Legacy: Why the First World War Still Matters; Chapter 2: The World in 1900; The State We're In: Taking a Tour of the World in 1900
- How People Lived: A World of ExtremesHow (Some) People Thought: Brave New Ideas for a Brave New World; Working with What We've Got: Building a Better World; Chapter 3: Crisis Mismanagement: Unpicking the Causes of the First World War; Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It's Off to War We Go; Understanding How (and Why) the First World War Started; So What Did Cause the War?; Part II: Europe at War, 1914-1916; Chapter 4: 1914: The First World War Starts Here; The War You've All Been Waiting for -- Must End by Christmas!; Haven't We Met Before? The European Armies of 1914; Wrestling for the West
- Tragedy on the Eastern FrontChapter 5: 1915: Cunning Plans to Win the War; Winning Wheezes in the West; How to Break Through in the West and Win the War in a Year; Rolling Back the Russians; Seeing Off the Serbs; This Looks Fun -- Can We Play? Italy and Bulgaria Join the War; Chapter 6: 1916: The Big Battles; BIG Plans: BIG Push; A Struggle for Life and Death: The Battle of Verdun; Britain's End of Innocence: The Battle of the Somme; The Eastern Front: Hopes Raised, then Dashed; Part III: A World at War; Chapter 7: Welcome to the World of the Trenches
- Negotiating the Trenches of the Western FrontGetting Out of the Trench Trap; Dealing with Men Who Couldn't -- or Wouldn't -- Fight; Chapter 8: War at Sea, War in the Air; Sea Power = Great Power: Ruling the Waves; Updating and Innovating: Dreadnoughts and Destroyers; Raiders and Blockaders; High Noon on the High Seas: The Battle of Jutland; Controlling the Skies; Chapter 9: Turkish Delights; The Ottomans and Their Declining Empire: Choosing a Way Forward; Is a World War Not Enough? Have a Holy War Too!; A Mess in Mesopotamia; Disaster at the Dardanelles; The Arab Spring
- Chapter 10: The Imperial WarThe Imperial World of Warcraft: Europe's Empires; Forging National Identities; Chapter 11: America Goes to War; Woodrow Wilson's World; You Know How President Wilson Kept America Out of the War? Well, He's Changed His Mind; Gearing Up for Action: A Nation at War; The Yanks Are Coming!; Part IV: Home Fronts; Chapter 12: The Civilian War; Blurring the Lines between Soldiers and Civilians; Taking on Special Powers; Conscription Comes to Britain; Round 'Em Up and Drive 'Em Out!; Fighting the War for Food; Chapter 13: Women at War; Welcome to the Women's Sphere
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- Label
- First World War for dummies, by Dr. Seán Lang, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- This is an OverDrive title
- Freeing Men for the Front: Women at Work
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
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- Contents
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- At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Origins of War; Chapter 1: The First World War: An Overview; I Name This War ... Er, What Should We Call the War?; Analysing the Causes; Reviewing the Combatants; Mapping the Conflict; Forging Ahead with the Technology and Science of War; The First World War in a Nutshell; The Legacy: Why the First World War Still Matters; Chapter 2: The World in 1900; The State We're In: Taking a Tour of the World in 1900
- How People Lived: A World of ExtremesHow (Some) People Thought: Brave New Ideas for a Brave New World; Working with What We've Got: Building a Better World; Chapter 3: Crisis Mismanagement: Unpicking the Causes of the First World War; Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It's Off to War We Go; Understanding How (and Why) the First World War Started; So What Did Cause the War?; Part II: Europe at War, 1914-1916; Chapter 4: 1914: The First World War Starts Here; The War You've All Been Waiting for -- Must End by Christmas!; Haven't We Met Before? The European Armies of 1914; Wrestling for the West
- Tragedy on the Eastern FrontChapter 5: 1915: Cunning Plans to Win the War; Winning Wheezes in the West; How to Break Through in the West and Win the War in a Year; Rolling Back the Russians; Seeing Off the Serbs; This Looks Fun -- Can We Play? Italy and Bulgaria Join the War; Chapter 6: 1916: The Big Battles; BIG Plans: BIG Push; A Struggle for Life and Death: The Battle of Verdun; Britain's End of Innocence: The Battle of the Somme; The Eastern Front: Hopes Raised, then Dashed; Part III: A World at War; Chapter 7: Welcome to the World of the Trenches
- Negotiating the Trenches of the Western FrontGetting Out of the Trench Trap; Dealing with Men Who Couldn't -- or Wouldn't -- Fight; Chapter 8: War at Sea, War in the Air; Sea Power = Great Power: Ruling the Waves; Updating and Innovating: Dreadnoughts and Destroyers; Raiders and Blockaders; High Noon on the High Seas: The Battle of Jutland; Controlling the Skies; Chapter 9: Turkish Delights; The Ottomans and Their Declining Empire: Choosing a Way Forward; Is a World War Not Enough? Have a Holy War Too!; A Mess in Mesopotamia; Disaster at the Dardanelles; The Arab Spring
- Chapter 10: The Imperial WarThe Imperial World of Warcraft: Europe's Empires; Forging National Identities; Chapter 11: America Goes to War; Woodrow Wilson's World; You Know How President Wilson Kept America Out of the War? Well, He's Changed His Mind; Gearing Up for Action: A Nation at War; The Yanks Are Coming!; Part IV: Home Fronts; Chapter 12: The Civilian War; Blurring the Lines between Soldiers and Civilians; Taking on Special Powers; Conscription Comes to Britain; Round 'Em Up and Drive 'Em Out!; Fighting the War for Food; Chapter 13: Women at War; Welcome to the Women's Sphere
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