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Article: The Great War: Perspectives on the First World War.(Book Review)
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- Infantry Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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The Great War: Perspectives on the First World War. Edited by Robert Cowley. New York: Random House, 2003. 509 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by
The echoes of World War I, fought almost a century ago, continue to be heard to the present day. World War I--called the Great War by the British--was a watershed conflict, ushering in an era of total war and planting the seeds of World War II and the Cold War. It propelled the United States from being a minor country to a major player on the international stage. World War I also caused the demise of dynasties and empires, which released the evil spirits of ethnic strife and internecine warfare, seen most recently ravaging the ...