The World Crisis 1911-1918

图书标准信息

• 作者 Winston Churchill 著
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 2007-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141442051
• 定价 237.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 880页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WinstonChurchill'ssuperlativeaccountofthepreludetoandeventsoftheFirstWorldWarisadefiningworkoftwentieth-centuryhistory.WithdramaticnarrativepowerChurchillreconstructstheactionontheWesternandEasternFronts,thewarsatseaandintheairandtheadventoftanksandU-boats.HevividlydescribestheLusitania'ssinking,theheroicsoftheBattleofJutland,Verdun's'soul-stirringfrenzy',thebloodshedofGallipoli,theSommeandPasschendaele,andtheUSA'sentryintotheconflict.Richwithpersonalinsights,thismagisterialbookistestamenttotheauthor'sroleintheGreatWar'sconductandoutcomeandfullydemonstrateshisbrillianceasahistorian.

【作者简介】

WinstonS.Churchill(1874-1965)wasprimeministerofGreatBritainfrom1940to1945andfrom1951to1955.Aprolificwriter,whoseworksincludeTheSecondWorldWarandAHistoryoftheEnglish-SpeakingPeoples,ChurchillwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1953.