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40231951916https://www.gandhi.com.mx/1916-9781620402719/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3931585/fefd3854-e70e-43aa-8e26-ff41f59eb5f8.jpg?v=638386093672730000356434MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p>So much of the literature on the First World War centers on the trench warfare of the Western Front, and these were essential battlegrounds. But the war was in fact truly a global conflict, and by focusing on a sequence of events in 1916 across many continents, historian Keith Jefferys magisterial work casts new light on the Great War.</p><p>Starting in January with the end of the catastrophic Gallipoli campaign, Jeffery recounts the massive struggle for Verdun over February and March; the Easter Rising in Ireland in April; dramatic events in Russia in June on the eastern front; the familiar story of the war in East Africa, where some 200,000 Africans may have died; and the November U.S. presidential race in which Woodrow Wilson was re-elected on a platform of keeping the United States out of the war--a position he reversed within five months.</p><p>Incorporating the stories of civilians in all countries, both participants in and victims of the war, <em>1916: A Global History</em> is a major addition to the literature and the Great War by a historian at the height of his powers.</p>...39593491916356434https://www.gandhi.com.mx/1916-9781620402719/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3931585/fefd3854-e70e-43aa-8e26-ff41f59eb5f8.jpg?v=638386093672730000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169781620402719_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_<p>So much of the literature on the First World War centers on the trench warfare of the Western Front, and these were essential battlegrounds. But the war was in fact truly a global conflict, and by focusing on a sequence of events in 1916 across many continents, historian Keith Jefferys magisterial work casts new light on the Great War.</p><p>Starting in January with the end of the catastrophic Gallipoli campaign, Jeffery recounts the massive struggle for Verdun over February and March; the Easter Rising in Ireland in April; dramatic events in Russia in June on the eastern front; the familiar story of the war in East Africa, where some 200,000 Africans may have died; and the November U.S. presidential race in which Woodrow Wilson was re-elected on a platform of keeping the United States out of the war--a position he reversed within five months.</p><p>Incorporating the stories of civilians in all countries, both participants in and victims of the war, <em>1916: A Global History</em> is a major addition to the literature and the Great War by a historian at the height of his powers.</p>(*_*)9781620402719_<p>So much of the literature on the First World War centers on the trench warfare of the Western Front, and these were essential battlegrounds. But the war was in fact truly a global conflict, and by focusing on a sequence of events in 1916 across many continents, historian Keith Jefferys magisterial work casts new light on the Great War.</p><p>Starting in January with the end of the catastrophic Gallipoli campaign, Jeffery recounts the massive struggle for Verdun over February and March; the Easter Rising in Ireland in April; dramatic events in Russia in June on the eastern front; the familiar story of the war in East Africa, where some 200,000 Africans may have died; and the November U.S. presidential race in which Woodrow Wilson was re-elected on a platform of keeping the United States out of the war--a position he reversed within five months.</p><p>Incorporating the stories of civilians in all countries, both participants in and victims of the war, <em>1916: A Global History</em> is a major addition to the literature and the Great War by a historian at the height of his powers.</p>...9781620402719_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_23f7e6aa-caad-341e-8392-accdd90b047d_9781620402719;9781620402719_9781620402719Keith JefferyInglésMéxico2016-01-26T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing