Название: World War I: A History
Автор: Hew Strachan
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198206143
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 392
Размер: 55,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The First World War has shaped the history of the twentieth century. It was the first conflict in which airplanes, submarines, and tanks played a significant role, the first in which casualties on the battlefield outnumbered those from disease. It precipitated the collapse of the empires of Austria-Hungary and Turkey, and it promoted revolution in that of Russia. The USA's entry into the war and the part it played in the peace settlement signalled the arrival on the world stage of a new great power.