{"product_id":"14-18-understanding-the-great-war-9780809046430","title":"14-18: Understanding the Great War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith this brilliantly innovative book, reissued for the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker have shown that the Great War was the matrix on which all subsequent disasters of the twentieth century were formed. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree elements of the conflict, all too often neglected or denied, are identified as those that must be grasped if we are to understand the war: First, what inspired its unprecedented physical brutality, and what were the effects of tolerating such violence? Second, how did citizens of the belligerent states come to be driven by vehement nationalistic and racist impulses? Third, how did the tens of millions bereaved by the war come to terms with the agonizing pain? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its strikingly original interpretative strength and its wealth of compelling documentary evidence drawn from all sides in the conflict, \u003ci\u003e14-18: Understanding the Great War\u003c\/i\u003e has quickly established itself as a classic in the history of modern warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSt?phane Audoin-Rouzeau\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and co-director of the Research Center of the Museum of the Great War (\u003ci\u003eHistorial de la Grande Guere\u003c\/i\u003e) in the Somme. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnette Becker\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Contemporary History at Paris West University Nanterre La D?fense and a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir extensive publications about World War I include the coauthored work, \u003ci\u003e14-18: Understanding the Great War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899478020370,"sku":"9780809046430","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72532dec-a47f-42e8-b300-a1943afbafa5.jpg?v=1738357226","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/14-18-understanding-the-great-war-9780809046430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}