The Myth of the Great War. (Reviews). (book review)

The Myth of the Great War A New Military History of World War One

John Mosier

Profile Books 381 pp. 20 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1-86197-276-8.

THERE REMAINS A YAWNING GAP between the academic image of the Great War, as it has emerged from new scholarship over the last fifteen to twenty years, and the public image of a war supposedly characterised by its futility. These two books reflect that division. Strachan's magisterial volume -- the first of a trilogy -- reflects the new scholarship. Mosier, who is all too obviously not a professional historian but a specialist in ...

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