1916 A Global History Author:Keith Jeffery So much of the literature on the First World War centers on the trench warfare of the Western Front, and these were essential battlegrounds. But the war was in fact truly a global conflict, and by focusing on a sequence of events in 1916 across many continents, historian Keith Jeffery's magisterial work casts new light on the Great War. Starting... more » in January with the end of the catastrophic Gallipoli campaign, Jeffrey recounts the massive struggle for Verdun in February and March; the Easter Rising in Ireland in April that almost pulled England out of the war; dramatic events in Russia in June on the eastern front; the largely untold story of the war in East Africa, where some 200,000 Africans may have died; and the November U.S. presidential race in which Woodrow Wilson was re-elected on a platform of keeping the United States out of the war--a position he reversed within three months.Incorporating the stories of civilians in all countries, both participants in and victims of the war, 1916: A Global History is a major addition to the literature and the Great War by a historian at the height of his powers.« less
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