{"product_id":"the-first-world-war-9780739312490","title":"The First World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe highest praise greeted the hardcover publication of this engrossing  brilliant book - THE definitive story of the Great War  the war that created the modern world  unleashing the terrors of mechanized warfare and mass death  and establishing the political fault lines that imperil European stability to this day.  Keegan takes us behind the scenes of the doomed diplomatic efforts to avert the catastrophe; he probes the haunting question of how a civilization at the height of its cultural achievement and prosperity could propel itself toward ruin with so little provocation; his panoramic narrative brings to life the nightmarish engagements whose names have become legend - Verdun  the Somme  Gallipoli - as with profound sympathy  he explores the minds of Joffe  Haig and Hindenburg  the famed generals who directed the cataclysm.  From the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275263500341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0739312499","price":100.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780739312490.jpg?v=1780503806","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-first-world-war-9780739312490","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}