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Real War 1914-1918 Paperback – January 30, 1963

by Captain B.H. Liddell Hart (Author)

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The classic short history of the First World War by a major historian and military tactician presents the results of extensive research on the causes, events, and effects of the conflict

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Paperback: 508 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (January 30, 1963)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780316525053
ISBN-13: 978-0316525053
ASIN: 0316525057
Product Dimensions: 5 x 1.2 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 8 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #507,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #969 in Books > History > Military > World War I
- #26588 in Books > History > Americas

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Saulo Kutner

Good book, bad maps

December 31, 2011

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Captain's Hart book fell a bit short of my expectations as I was more concerned about the political causes and consequences of the war. Its focus is the military development, and in this regard is an excelente book, in spite of the horrible maps. A work like this deserved a refreshed edition, and good maps are a must to understand the military flow. This book was published in 1930, so the consequences of the Versailles Treaty could not be fully appraised, but Captain's Hart feeling, exposed in the last chapter offer a hint of the terrible outcome. I recommend for those looking for a compact and comprehensive history of military movements and a very interesting account of the use of then new technologies like machine guns, tanks, submarines, airplanes and their impact in the outcome of the war.

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Phillip J Materi

Five Stars

August 1, 2016

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Thomas E. Hodgson

World War I

September 6, 2005

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This is an excellent history of WWI, giving insight into the causes, the people, and the battles.

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Carrosio Roberto

A clear one volune history of WWI

April 5, 2013

Format: Paperback

This book is a clear and detailed analysis of the reasons for the blow-out of the WWI and of the development of the conflict. THe author is the famous historian and expert of military theories Sir Basil H. Liddell Hart.
The first 80 pages are dedicated to the origins of the war that he attributes to the supremacy of the generals above the politicians, for all the most important nations : Germany was scared by the Russian rearming, Austria was scared by the new Serbia (that doubled her population after the Balcanic wars 1912-13); Russia was scared by the Austro-German alliance and so on.
All the others 500 pages are dedicated to the development of the war with a great care to examine the strategical mistakes happened during the war: the British insult to the Ottoman Empire with the requisition of the two dreadnoughts under construction, the movement of the centre of gravity of the first German offensive in France, the confues ideas that brought GReat britain and France to the disastrous landins at Gallipoli, the useless series of Allied offensives on the western Front with their huge amount of losses, and so on.
This book is a precious one, don't miss it.

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Bill Newcomer

The "hell" of war.

May 4, 2000

Format: Paperback

I picked this book up somewhat on a whim. I was looking for a book that would give me good overview of WWI, filling in the details left out in the brief mentions found in our high school history books. And this after reading an abridged version of Winston Churchill's "The Great War". Captain Hart's account is not for someone looking for an "easy read". I don't know of any substaintial account of this war that could be written as an "easy read". Of course Captian Hart is writing with 20-20 hindsight, so he is able to see and give account of the miscalculations and errors. Would we have done any better then Foch and the other allied Generals under the times and circumstances? I have my doubts, but we are in the "now" and can learn from the tragic mistakes of the past. If ever war was "hell", it was so in the trenches of France. Somewhere in France near the Argonne Forest rests the mortal remains of Pvt. George Britton, my great-uncle, killed exactly 4 weeks before the Armistice. In Hart's account, I at least find some facts to help me understand what happened there, and come to grips somewhat with why my Uncle died at a young age, far from home and family. RIP

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What a book!

July 12, 2000

Format: Paperback

B. Liddell Hart is one of the history (not only military) thinkers whose fertile works will be fully appreciated only when time has passed on. As usually, human being reckon others merits too much time later. The whole Liddell Hart work it's an example. Had military staffs read him carefully before WWII, perhaps the output would has been otherwise, or at least different. So may be said about the further wars. "The Real War 1914-1918" is a veritable good analysis of the entanglement that led to war. But not only on military factors, as often happens. He included political, economical and even psycological considerations. Instead of a narrative reconstruction, his abarcative and reflexive study is a pretty good proof about what a writer can do if he possess knowledge, patience, and vocation to teach. As reader can verify by himself with "Real War" on his hands ("Strategy", "Germans Generals Talk" or the others Liddell Hart's books as well), with a such kind of master, every book becomes sadly too much short. Thus, among the books I have had opportunity to read about WWI, I deem "The Real War 1914-1918" simply the best one. You won't be disappointed by your choice.

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