Wrong email address or username. «Back Send. New to BookLikes? Sign up! Taylor's THE FIRST WORLD WAR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY is an original, well wrttien account that attempts to be honest. Taylor knew that historians wrote "within a frame of reference" and that biases make appear even when trying to bltadwin.ru by: The First World War.: A J P Taylor. Penguin Books Limited, - History - pages. 4 Reviews. A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the 4/5(4).
The First World War: an illustrated history by Taylor, A. J. P. (Alan John Percivale), Publication date Publisher New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons Collection AJP Taylor was always one of my favourite historians - far more readable than most - and this book is no exception. As the title implies, it is heavier on illustrations than. The Origins of the Second World War (), again controversial and lively, starts from the premise (in Taylor's words) that "the war of , far from being premeditated, was a mistake, the result on both sides of diplomatic blunders." The New Statesman said of it: "Taylor is the only English historian now writing who can bend the bow of. The First World War: An Illustrated History (Penguin books) A J P Taylor. Published by Penguin, ISBN ISBN Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom. Contact seller.
AJP Taylor's The First World War: An Illustrated History was written fifty years ago, part of a project to commemorate the passing of half a century after the Great War. Now that we are in the midst of acknowledging the passing of a further fifty years, perhaps it is the right time to look back at how the conflict was described fifty years ago, when many of the survivors were still very much alive. “earlier wars, and in the Second World War, generals, even marshals, also ran risks and died in action. In the First World War they led comfortable lives. All except Kitchener. He was the only outstanding military figure on either side who came to a violent end. Asquith” ― A.J.P. Taylor, The First World War: An Illustrated History. A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of and the state of Europe after the war.
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