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Financing the First World War

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Financing the First World WarFinancing the First World War by Hew Strachan
ISBN: 0199257272
on December 1st 2004
Pages: 278

Len's Summary: Key sections from Strachan's history To War revised and reprinted as individual essays on the gold standard, financial mobilization, budgets of the belligerents, taxation, domestic and foreign borrowing. First in a series of individual paperbacks be excerpted from Strachan's award-winning trilogy on The Great War still in progress. The author is a member of the panel which selects the winner of WFA's Annual Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Book Award.

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The First World War in Africa

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The First World War in AfricaThe First World War in Africa by Hew Strachan
ISBN: 0199257280
on December 1st 2004
Pages: 234

Len's Summary: Another spin-off from Strachan's massive three volume work on WWI.

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The First World War

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The First World WarThe First World War by Hew Strachan
ISBN: 0143035185
Published by Penguin Books on April 5th 2005
Pages: 384

Len's Summary: A distillation of Strachan's (pronounced Strawn) of massive three-volume history of the War, which is still in progress. Remarkable for the contemporary color photos (not tints) found in the center section of the US edition. Dr. Strachan is a member of the WFA's annual Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. book award panel.

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The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New Edition

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The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New EditionThe Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New Edition by Hew Strachan
ISBN: 0199663386
on May 1st 2014
Genres: Military, General
Pages: 379

Len's Summary: First published in 2008 this new edition contains essays by several established historians.

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Clausewitz’s On War: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)

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Clausewitz’s On War: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)Clausewitz's On War: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) by Hew Strachan
ISBN: 9780802143631
Published by Grove Press on April 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Military, Strategy
Pages: 238

Len's Summary: A premier military historian examines Clausewitz’s dense dicta on military strategy.

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The First World War Volume I: To Arms

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The First World War Volume I: To ArmsThe First World War: Volume I: To Arms by Hew Strachan
ISBN: 9780191608346
on April 26th 2001
Genres: History, World, Military, World War I, Europe, General
Pages: 1248

Len's Summary: This book won WFA’s Norman B.Tomlinson, Jr. Annual Book Prize for 2001.

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