TY - BOOK AB - "This book provides a concise and insightful history of the 'Great War' - from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Examining how and why the war was fought, as well as the historical controversies that still surround the war, Michael Howard also looks at how peace was ultimately made, and describes the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany."--BOOK JACKET. AU - Howard, Michael, CN - D521 CN - D521 CY - Oxford ; CY - New York : DA - 2007. ID - 350284 KW - World War, 1914-1918. N1 - Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. N2 - "This book provides a concise and insightful history of the 'Great War' - from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers. Examining how and why the war was fought, as well as the historical controversies that still surround the war, Michael Howard also looks at how peace was ultimately made, and describes the potent legacy of resentment left to Germany."--BOOK JACKET. PB - Oxford University Press, PP - Oxford ; PP - New York : PY - 2007. SN - 9780199205592 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 0199205590 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 9780199205592 T1 - The First World War :a very short introduction / TI - The First World War :a very short introduction / VL - 154 ER -