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Descripción Condición: Very Good. 1709127096. 2/28/2024 1:31:36 PM. Nº de ref. del artículo: U9780747577195
Descripción Paperback. Condición: Very Good. World War I has been called 'the war to end all wars', the first time combatants were mobilized on a massive scale to ruthlessly destroy an enemy. But as David A. Bell argues in this tour de force of interpretive history, the Great War was not, in fact, the first total war. For this, we need to travel back to the era of muskets and sailing ships, the age of Napoleon. According to Bell, it was then that warfare was transformed into the hideous spectacle that seems ever present today. Indeed, nearly every modern aspect of war took root in that time: conscription, unconditional surrender, total disregard for the rules of combat, mobilization of civilians, guerrilla warfare, and the perverse notion of war fought for the sake of peace. The revolutionaries were leading 'the last crusade for universal liberty'. A war for such stakes could only be apocalyptic - and terribly bloody. With a historian's keen insight and a journalist's flair for detail, Bell brings this period to life while keeping an eye on our own 'war of liberation' in Iraq. The parallels are astonishing, making this vivid narrative history as timely and important as it is unforgettable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR003349271
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. MInimal wear to jacket. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 432pp In a sweeping, evocative narrative, Bell takes us from campaigns of extermination in the blood-soaked fields of western France to savage street fighting in ruined Spanish cities to central European battlefields where tens of thousands died in a single day. Between 1792 and 1815, Europe plunged into an abyss of destruction. It was during this time, Bell argues, that our modern attitudes toward war were born. Ever since, the dream of perpetual peace and the nightmare of total war have been bound tightly together in the Western world--right down to the present day, in which the hopes for an "end to history" after the Cold War quickly gave way to renewed fears of full-scale slaughter. Size: 160mm x 240mm. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 026890
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. AUTHOR BELL HAS "PROFOUNDLY TRANSFORMED THE AGENDA FORV UNDERSTANDING THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE OVER THE PAST THREE CENTURIES" ( KAPLAN).BELL MAINTAINS THAT THE FIRST TOTAL WAR WAS NOT THST WHICH COMMENCED IN 1914 BUT RATHER BEGAN IN THE WARS THAT NAPOLEON UNLEASHED ON EUROPE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. Nº de ref. del artículo: 002428
Descripción Condición: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. Nº de ref. del artículo: 0747577196-2-3