Hew Strachan: 9 books

“This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available.” (Los Angeles Times) Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan (winner of the 2016 Pritzker Literature Award)...

Discussing the key issues of modern warfare, Hew Strachan’s work examines the theory and practice of land warfare in Europe since 1700. Looking at warfare in the context of social and political change, Dr. Strachan interprets his subject matter as widely as possible, and European Armies and...

This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced...

The wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, public enquiries and defence think tanks have detected a lack of consistent...

To Arms is Hew Strachan's most complete and definitive study of the opening of the First World War. Now, key sections from this magisterial work are published as individual paperbacks, each complete in itself, and with a new introduction by the author. The First World War was not just fought in the...

Dit prettig te lezen verslag van de Eerste Wereldoorlog vormt de basis voor een door Channel 4 uitgezonden serie. In dit uitvoerig gedocumenteerde boek laat Hew Strachan zien dat de Eerste wereldoorlog niet alleen maar een Europese aangelegenheid was, maar een zaak van de hele wereld. Dit enorm gedetailleerde...

Although much has been written about the Western Front in World War I, little attention has been given to developments in the east, especially during the crucial period of 1914--1915. Not only did these events have a significant impact on the fighting and outcome of the battles in the west, but all...

Dans ce numéro exceptionnel, la revue Politique étrangère projette l’héritage de la Grande Guerre sur notre avenir. États et nationalismes, coopérations ou déséquilibres régionaux, organisation du commerce international, stratégies et appareils militaires : des données largement héritées du premier conflit mondial, violemment interpellées par l’actualité.

John Jackson joined up a few days after the First World War was declared. He joined the Cameron Highlanders and fought in the trenches at the Battle of Loos, the Somme, and Passchendaele, and lived to tell the tale. He wrote up his memoir in 1926, basing it on the diary he kept throughout the war and his vivid recollections of the conflict. It has remained unpublished until now.