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This important new book examines the slow transition from the timber fleets of Napoleonic times to the might of pre-World War One German and British navies.

This revised and updated interpretation of World War I highlights the revolutionary nature and legacy of the conflict of 1914-1919. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural history of the war at home as well as the war's origins, ending and subsequent legacy.

This revised and updated interpretation of World War I highlights the revolutionary nature and legacy of the conflict of 1914-1919. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural history of the war at home as well as the war's origins, ending and subsequent legacy.

La prima guerra mondiale è stata il tragico atto di nascita del XX secolo. In genere le opere sulla Grande Guerra, perfino quelle che si vogliono "globali", limitano l'indagine al fronte occidentale, questo volume si presenta invece come una storia complessiva del conflitto e delle sue conseguenze, che dà finalmente spazio a ogni teatro di guerra, comprendendo il fronte orientale e balcanico e gli interventi nei mari e in ambito extraeuropeo (...

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This compelling book explores Germany's campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I, which marked the onset of total war at sea. Noted historian Lawrence Sondhaus shows how the undersea campaign, intended as an antidote to Britain's more conventional blockade of German ports, ultimately brought the United States into the war. Although the German people readily embraced the argument that an "undersea blockade" of Britain enforced ...

This is an indispensable and accessible new introduction to the global history of World War One and its revolutionary consequences.

This is an indispensable and accessible new introduction to the global history of World War One and its revolutionary consequences.

This first modern biography offers an explanation of how and why the Austro-Hungarian chief of the general staff earned a reputation for brilliance in the first place, and a reevaluation of why he failed so miserably during the First World War.

Written by historians and political scientists, this collection of essays offers coverage of the role of war in American history. It also addresses the role of the armed force, and attitudes towards it, in shaping and defining the United States. It is suitable for students of US military history, US politics and military history and others.

This detailed study charts the uneven growth of the Austrian navy from its high point following Archduke Ferdinand Max's administration and the War of 1866 to its ultimate dissolution after World War 1. In following this development, Lawrence Sondhaus not only relates the operational aspects of the Habsburg navy but also traces the growth of popular navalism in Austria-Hungary, the role of naval expansion in stimulating industrial development,...

Sondhaus's study, the first scholarly treatment of the formation of Austria's sea power in any language, traces the stages of the navy's development through nine chapters. Instead of dealing with the topic from only one perspective, Sondhaus examines the political history of the development of Habsburg sea power. The study as a whole takes into account the effects of the broader issues of the era, such as Austria's perennial financial difficul...

Shows how national strategies to warfare are culturally determined. These ideas have gained acceptance among historians but remain controversial for political scientists, as political scientists have focused on strategic culture and historians on ways of war. This work helps both audiences and provides them with each others ideas.

New naval history of the First World War which reveals the contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory.

Written by leading historians and political scientists, this collection of essays offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the role of war in American history.