{"product_id":"2026100007032-secondhand-the-first-world-war","title":"The First World War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the muddy trenches of the Western Front to the scorched plains of Gallipoli, The First World War by John Keegan presents a magisterial and sweeping account of the catastrophic conflict that reshaped the modern world. Keegan chronicles the war's origins in the tangled web of European alliances, traces its devastating campaigns across multiple theatres, and illuminates the lived experience of the millions of soldiers who endured industrialised slaughter on an unprecedented scale. With a commanding narrative voice, he details the strategic miscalculations of generals, the political failures of statesmen, and the extraordinary resilience of ordinary men caught in the machinery of total war.\n\nKeegan's signature style — authoritative yet deeply humane — elevates military history beyond the mere recounting of battles and troop movements, situating the war within its broader cultural, social, and psychological dimensions. Regarded as one of the foremost military historians of the 20th century, Keegan argues that the First World War was a tragic and entirely avoidable catastrophe, a position that gives this work a moral urgency rarely found in works of this scope. The First World War stands as an essential text for anyone seeking to understand not just how the war was fought, but why its shadow still falls across the world we inhabit today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130930438363,"sku":"2026100007032-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b4ce4d45-c705-48ab-9a9f-67cbb5a4db31.png?v=1786592574","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007032-secondhand-the-first-world-war","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}