The Great War; An Imperial History
Editorial Reviews
Review
Morrow does more than simply point at a map and intone locations and dates ... his characters become dramatic and autonomous. We do not simply learn what they did, we understand it ... Morrow is the sort of compassionate, original historian who gives you faith in the future.
-The Observer
[Morrow's] work is lively, informative and based on a lifetime of reading.
-The Independent
John Morrow's grand history of the Great War is world history of a kind few scholars have undertaken in recent times. It seems to have omitted no military campaign in Europe, Africa or Asia. Its diplomatic, political and social comprehension dazzles.
-David Levering Lewis, Rutgers University
He successfully incorporates not just colonial conflicts in Africa and the Pacific, but he also spends considerable time tracking the use of colonial troops by the Western powers in the critical battles of the war.
28/1
-David Hamlin, Fordham University, German Studies Review, 2005
Book Description
The beginning of the nineteenth century marked the peak of Western imperial power. After subjugating "inferior" peoples in distant lands, the European states turned inward in an unparalleled orgy of self-destruction that began in 1914 and did not end until 1945. A remarkable achievement, The Great War revolutionizes our understanding of the First World War by placing it squarely in the context of Western imperialism. Distinguished historian John H. Morrow, Jr. shows how a world view saturated in aggression and fear--coupled with intellectual trends such as social Darwinism and eugenics--unleashed disastrous consequences. With particular attention to race, class, and gender issues, Morrow traces the conflict from origins to aftermath to provide the first truly global history of the war, one that emphasizes the experiences of soldiers in all theaters (Africans, Turks, etc.), as well as citizens on the many home fronts. Looking beyond the brutal trench warfare, Morrow argues that the war was won not in the fields of France but in the cold waters of the Atlantic, where blockades starved the central powers into submission.
Powerfully written, yet concise and comprehensive, The Great War is the definitive new history of the conflict that illustrates the destabilizing effects of imperialism on both the colonizers and the colonized.
The Great War; An Imperial History
The Great War,J. Morrow Jr.,Routledge,0415204402,General,History,History - Military / War,Military,Military - General,Military - World War I,History / Military / World War I,World history: First World War
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