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Dewey Decimal Number: 940 Edition: 1 Format: Kindle Book Label: Taylor & Francis Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: March 14, 2007 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Release Date: March 14, 2007 Studio: Taylor & Francis Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The beginning of the nineteenth century marked the peak of Western imperial power. After subjugating "inferior" peoples in distant lands, the European states turned inward in an unparalleled orgy of self-destruction that began in 1914 and did not end until1945. A remarkable achievement, The Great War revolutionizes our understanding of the First World War by placing it squarely in the context of Western imperialism. Distinguished historian John H. Morrow, Jr. shows how a worldview saturated in aggression and fear--coupled with intellectual trends such as social Darwinism and eugenics--unleashed disastrous consequences. With particular attention to race, class, and gender issues, Morrow traces the conflict from origins to aftermath to provide the first truly global history of the war, one that emphasizes the experiences of soldiers in all theaters (Africans, Turks, etc.), as well as citizens on the many home fronts. Looking beyond the brutal trench warfare, Morrow argues that the war was won not in thefields of France but in the cold waters of the Atlantic, where blockades starved the central powers into submission. Powerfully written, yet concise and comprehensive, The Great War is the definitive new history of the conflict that illustrates the destabilizing effects of imperialism on both the colonizers and the colonized. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Great War from a different perspectiveDr. Morrow's most recent work is a must read for those interested not only in the European theater of the Great War, but the colonial conflicts as well. It is more than a military history, for the work touches on race, society, the bias of imperialism, and the contributions of colonies to the conflict in Europe. I am certain this book would be useful to professional historians, however it is accesiable and thought-provoking to the layman as well. An excellent read, and a fine addition to Morrow's ... Read More Rating:  - misleading title; book doesn't prove morrow's thesisI read this book when it first came out for a graduate seminar class a few years back. My studies at the time focused on British Imperialism, and I was excited to read a book that would tell a global/imperial version of the First World War. Based on its title and dustjacket, I thought Morrow's book would be just that. I was soon disappointed, however. There is surprisingly little on the actual fighting in the extra-European theaters, and equally surprisingly a lot that deals with the ... Read More Rating: - Excellent Scholarly Reexamination of WWIThis work is as innovative as it is thorough with detailed examinations of previously unexplored themes as well as novel interpretations of common topics. Morrow's ideas and postulations are well argued and meticulously supported throughout the book. His style is engaging yet accessible, scholarly but unassuming. I highly recommend this work to anyone interested in academic military history and especially to those concerned with the history of colonization and imperialism. Rating: - A Different PerspectiveNot only is this book brilliantly written, but it is the first work that I've seen that integrates from a global perspective the colonial and European aspects of the war. I have not seen the issues of the home front handled in this manner before, and this book was a real education for me. It's a superior scholarly work but accessible to the layman, and I would highly recommend this to WWI buffs like myself, and to anyone who is interested in a radically innovative take on The Great War. 
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