{"product_id":"the-first-world-war-volume-i-to-arms","title":"The First World War: Volume I: To Arms","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first truly definitive history of World War I  the war that has had the greatest impact on the course of the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to a limited range of sources  and they focused primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural  diplomatic  economic  and social history. In this authoritative and readable history  Hew Strachan combines these perspectives with a military and strategic narrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative. The first of three volumes in this magisterial study  To Arms examines not only the causes of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea  but also the ideas that underpinned it  and the motivations of the people who supported it. It provides pioneering accounts of the wars finances  the war in Africa  and the Central Powers bid to widen the war outside Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946846449717,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199261911","price":37.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199261918.jpg?v=1769968897","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-first-world-war-volume-i-to-arms","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}