Alexander Watson
Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141042039
- author:
- Alexander Watson
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 816
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 3.7 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- History, Britain & Ireland, Edwardian and Early 20th Century 1901-1913
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
A compelling new history of the Great War, this book tells the story from the perspective of Berlin and Vienna. It is fundamentally a history of ordinary people, exploring how the course of the war put their world under impossible strain.
The empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary were initially flooded with mass enthusiasm in 1914, but as the fighting turned into a siege on a monstrous scale, this enthusiasm was eventually broken. The Allies' ring of steel proved too strong for them to break out of, despite local successes and an apparent triumph in Russia.
Alexander Watson's book is a nuanced exploration of how ordinary people were affected by the war, and how their world was ultimately overwhelmed by defeat and revolution.
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