Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914

Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914Description by Prit Buttar Paperback The fighting that raged in the East during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clashes between three towering empires Russia, Austro Hungary, and Germany remains a comparatively unknown facet of the Great War. With the one hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the war in 2014, Collision of Empires is a timely expos of the bitter fighting on this forgotten

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surveys and memoirs

and sometimes humorous stories of the American reporters who risked their lives in war zones to record their experiences and send the news to the people back home

1918 American Red Cross poster asking people on the homefront to donate knitted goods for soldiers

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They explain that surface combat had a major impact on all aspects of the naval war and on the course of the war in general

From the acclaimed military historian

This metal sign features a reproduction of a 1917 Boy Scouts of America poster promoting the sale of Liberty Loans to fund the American war effort

these primary sources afford an immediacy rarely found in historical records

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In addition to providing detailed descriptions of actions in their historical perspectives