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The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies
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Abstract Ten million soldiers died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? The Great War is widely seen as a pointless carnage (Pope Benedict XV). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? International specialists analyse the hopes and expectati... view more
Ten million soldiers died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? The Great War is widely seen as a pointless carnage (Pope Benedict XV). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? International specialists analyse the hopes and expectations of the political and military leaders and try to explain why the contemporaries thought that they had to fight the Great War.... view less
Keywords
First World War
Classification
General History
Free Keywords
Militärgeschichte
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
258 p.
Series
Schriften des Historischen Kollegs, 91
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110443486
ISBN
978-3-11-044348-6
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0