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Häftad, Engelska, 2015
212 kr
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Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2014Winner of the 2014 Wolfson History Prize, the 2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, the Society for Military History's 2015 Distinguished Book Award and the 2015 British Army Military Book of the YearFor the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary the Great War - which had begun with such high hopes for a fast, dramatic outcome - rapidly degenerated as invasions of both France and Serbia ended in catastrophe. For four years the fighting now turned into a siege on a quite monstrous scale. Europe became the focus of fighting of a kind previously unimagined. Despite local successes - and an apparent triumph in Russia - Germany and Austria-Hungary were never able to break out of the the Allies' ring of steel.In Alexander Watson's compelling new history of the Great War, all the major events of the war are seen from the perspective of Berlin and Vienna. It is fundamentally a history of ordinary people. In 1914 both empires were flooded by genuine mass enthusiasm and their troubled elites were at one with most of the population. But the course of the war put this under impossible strain, with a fatal rupture between an ever more extreme and unrealistic leadership and an exhausted and embittered people. In the end they failed and were overwhelmed by defeat and revolution.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
478 kr
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This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay natural human resilience. Drawing widely on contemporary letters and diaries of British and German soldiers, psychiatric reports and official documentation, and interpreting these sources with modern psychological research, this unique account provides fresh insights into the soldiers' fears, motivations and coping mechanisms. It explains why the British outlasted their opponents by examining and comparing the motives for fighting, the effectiveness with which armies and societies supported men and the combatants' morale throughout the conflict on both sides. Finally it challenges the consensus on the war's end, arguing that not a 'covert strike' but rather an 'ordered surrender' led by junior officers brought about Germany's defeat in 1918.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
144 kr
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WINNER OF THE SOCIETY FOR MILITARY HISTORY'S DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'A masterpiece. It deserves to become a classic of military history' Lawrence James, The TimesFrom the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrible siegeIn the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable. On both the Western and Eastern fronts elaborate war plans lay in ruins and had been discarded in favour of desperate improvisation. In the West this resulted in the remorseless world of the trenches; in the East all eyes were focused on the old, beleaguered Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl.The siege that unfolded at Przemysl was the longest of the whole war. In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it Austria-Hungary suffered some 800,000 casualties. Almost unknown in the West, this was one of the great turning points of the conflict. If the Russians had broken through they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell their strength was so sapped they could go no further.Alexander Watson, prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, has written one of the great epics of the First World War. Comparable to Stalingrad in 1942-3, Przemysl shaped the course of Europe's future. Neither Russians nor Austro-Hungarians ever recovered militarily from their disasters. Using a huge range of sources, Watson brilliantly recreates a world of long-gone empires, broken armies and a cut-off community sliding into chaos. The siege was central to the war itself, but also a chilling harbinger of what would engulf the entire region in the coming decades, as nationalism, anti-semitism and an exterminatory fury took hold.'If you read one military history book this year, make it Alexander Watson's The Fortress' Tony Barber, Financial Times
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Engelska, 2014118 kr
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Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2014Winner of the 2014 Wolfson History Prize, the 2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, the Society for Military History's 2015 Distinguished Book Award and the 2015 British Army Military Book of the YearFor the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary the Great War - which had begun with such high hopes for a fast, dramatic outcome - rapidly degenerated as invasions of both France and Serbia ended in catastrophe. For four years the fighting now turned into a siege on a quite monstrous scale. Europe became the focus of fighting of a kind previously unimagined. Despite local successes - and an apparent triumph in Russia - Germany and Austria-Hungary were never able to break out of the the Allies' ring of steel.In Alexander Watson's compelling new history of the Great War, all the major events of the war are seen from the perspective of Berlin and Vienna. It is fundamentally a history of ordinary people. In 1914 both empires were flooded by genuine mass enthusiasm and their troubled elites were at one with most of the population. But the course of the war put this under impossible strain, with a fatal rupture between an ever more extreme and unrealistic leadership and an exhausted and embittered people. In the end they failed and were overwhelmed by defeat and revolution.
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Engelska, 2019122 kr
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WINNER OF THE SOCIETY FOR MILITARY HISTORY'S DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'A masterpiece. It deserves to become a classic of military history' Lawrence James, The TimesFrom the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrible siegeIn the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable. On both the Western and Eastern fronts elaborate war plans lay in ruins and had been discarded in favour of desperate improvisation. In the West this resulted in the remorseless world of the trenches; in the East all eyes were focused on the old, beleaguered Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl.The siege that unfolded at Przemysl was the longest of the whole war. In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it Austria-Hungary suffered some 800,000 casualties. Almost unknown in the West, this was one of the great turning points of the conflict. If the Russians had broken through they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell their strength was so sapped they could go no further.Alexander Watson, prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, has written one of the great epics of the First World War. Comparable to Stalingrad in 1942-3, Przemysl shaped the course of Europe's future. Neither Russians nor Austro-Hungarians ever recovered militarily from their disasters. Using a huge range of sources, Watson brilliantly recreates a world of long-gone empires, broken armies and a cut-off community sliding into chaos. The siege was central to the war itself, but also a chilling harbinger of what would engulf the entire region in the coming decades, as nationalism, anti-semitism and an exterminatory fury took hold.'If you read one military history book this year, make it Alexander Watson's The Fortress' Tony Barber, Financial Times
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2019161 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin.From the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War''s longest and most terrible siegeIn the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable. On both the Western and Eastern fronts elaborate war plans lay in ruins and had been discarded in favour of desperate improvisation. In the West this resulted in the remorseless world of the trenches; in the East all eyes were focused on the old, beleaguered Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl.The siege that unfolded at Przemysl was the longest of the whole war. In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it Austria-Hungary suffered some 800,000 casualties. Almost unknown in the West, this was one of the great turning points of the conflict. If the Russians had broken through they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell their strength was so sapped they could go no further.Alexander Watson, prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, has written one of the great epics of the First World War. Comparable to Stalingrad in 1942-3, Przemysl shaped the course of Europe''s future. Neither Russians nor Austro-Hungarians ever recovered from their disasters. Using a huge range of sources, Watson brilliantly recreates a world of long-gone empires, broken armies and a cut-off community sliding into chaos. The siege was central to the war itself, but also a chilling harbinger of what would engulf the entire region in the coming decades, as nationalism, anti-semitism and an exterminatory fury took hold.
Häftad, Engelska
622 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
1 378 kr
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This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies' robustness lay natural human resilience. Drawing widely on contemporary letters and diaries of British and German soldiers, psychiatric reports and official documentation, and interpreting these sources with modern psychological research, this unique account provides fresh insights into the soldiers' fears, motivations and coping mechanisms. It explains why the British outlasted their opponents by examining and comparing the motives for fighting, the effectiveness with which armies and societies supported men and the combatants' morale throughout the conflict on both sides. Finally it challenges the consensus on the war's end, arguing that not a 'covert strike' but rather an 'ordered surrender' led by junior officers brought about Germany's defeat in 1918.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
414 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
239 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
360 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
208 kr
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PDF, Engelska, 2008554 kr
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This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies'' robustness lay natural human resilience. Drawing widely on contemporary letters and diaries of British and German soldiers, psychiatric reports and official documentation, and interpreting these sources with modern psychological research, this unique account provides fresh insights into the soldiers'' fears, motivations and coping mechanisms. It explains why the British outlasted their opponents by examining and comparing the motives for fighting, the effectiveness with which armies and societies supported men and the combatants'' morale throughout the conflict on both sides. Finally it challenges the consensus on the war''s end, arguing that not a ''covert strike'' but rather an ''ordered surrender'' led by junior officers brought about Germany''s defeat in 1918.
E-bok
Engelska, 2008554 kr
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This book is an innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which emphasises the strength of societies or military institutions, this study argues that at the heart of armies'' robustness lay natural human resilience. Drawing widely on contemporary letters and diaries of British and German soldiers, psychiatric reports and official documentation, and interpreting these sources with modern psychological research, this unique account provides fresh insights into the soldiers'' fears, motivations and coping mechanisms. It explains why the British outlasted their opponents by examining and comparing the motives for fighting, the effectiveness with which armies and societies supported men and the combatants'' morale throughout the conflict on both sides. Finally it challenges the consensus on the war''s end, arguing that not a ''covert strike'' but rather an ''ordered surrender'' led by junior officers brought about Germany''s defeat in 1918.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
335 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2008
338 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
699 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
195 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
285 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2024
207 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
339 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
782 kr
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As more medical professionals recognize the intuitive benefits of prehabilitation, there is a need to pull best practices that exist across the literature and set a multimodal standard of care. This innovative book fills this need and provides a (should we say "the most"?) comprehensive guide to prehabilitation.Authored by experts in each area of surgery, perioperative care, and rehabilitation medicine, the book's chapters introduce the concept of prehabilitation and describe the current medical optimization strategies, unique patient considerations, and the continuum of care for each procedural population. This text provides data from the existing literature on typical programs' impact on outcomes and complication rates, and it proposes detailed treatment plans for providers to incorporate into practice.A Prehabilitation Guide for All Providers explores actionable insights for a broad audience, including primary care physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, as well as non-clinical professionals in policy-driving positions such as hospital administration or governmental organizations.
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Engelska, 2024978 kr
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As more medical professionals recognize the intuitive benefits of prehabilitation, there is a need to pull best practices that exist across the literature and set a multimodal standard of care. This innovative book fills this need and provides a (should we say "the most"?) comprehensive guide to prehabilitation.
Authored by experts in each area of surgery, perioperative care, and rehabilitation medicine, the book''s chapters introduce the concept of prehabilitation and describe the current medical optimization strategies, unique patient considerations, and the continuum of care for each procedural population. This text provides data from the existing literature on typical programs'' impact on outcomes and complication rates, and it proposes detailed treatment plans for providers to incorporate into practice.
A Prehabilitation Guide for All Providers explores actionable insights for a broad audience, including primary care physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, as well as non-clinical professionals in policy-driving positions such as hospital administration or governmental organizations.
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
573 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
924 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 228 kr
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140 kr
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La invasión rusa de Ucrania, en la madrugada del 24 de febrero de 2022, trajo al mundo el inquietante recuerdo del estallido de la Primera Guerra Mundial de 1914. Al igual que cien años antes, el peligro inminente de una conflagración había estado a la vista de todos. En la ciudad polaca de Przemyśl, situada justo al otro lado de la frontera ucraniana, los ecos de 1914 resonaron con una fuerza ensordecedora. Al comienzo de la Gran Guerra, cuando el ejército del zar Nicolás II marchó hacia el oeste y parecía a punto de invadir la Europa central, fue a Przemyśl, una vetusta ciudad-fortaleza del Imperio austrohúngaro, adonde escaparon oleadas de refugiados en busca de un lugar seguro. Y fue Przemyśl, ciudad multiétnica habitada por polacos, ucranianos y judíos, quien desafiaría el sueño zarista de crear una "Gran Rusia" hasta los Cárpatos. Allí se libraría una de las batallas decisivas de la Gran Guerra, un encarnizado y despiadado asedio que frenó en seco la feroz acometida rusa contra las Potencias Centrales que hubiera cambiado el sino de la guerra. Una desgarradora historia que, a pesar de su capital relevancia, permanece casi desconocida en Occidente. En La fortaleza. Przemyśl, la ciudad que desafió a Rusia en la Primera Guerra Mundial, el multipremiado historiador Alexander Watson recrea de forma magistral un mundo de imperios desaparecidos, ejércitos quebrantados y comunidades amputadas que inexorablemente se precipitaba al abismo, heraldo de la furia nacionalista, extremista y antisemita que desgarraría Europa en las siguientes décadas. Una historia que tristemente reverbera en nuestro tiempo con la más rabiosa actualidad.Ganador del Society for Military History''s Distinguished Book Award 2021Finalista del Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History y del British Army Military Book of the Year AwardLibro del año para BBC History Magazine y Financial Times
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Agosto de 1914, Alemania y Austria-Hungría lanzan sus ejércitos a la guerra con resolución inquebrantable, convencidas en que la justicia estaba de su lado y confiadas en una veloz y decisiva victoria. Apenas un mes después, la feroz embestida de Alemania se había atascado en el oeste al tiempo que Austria-Hungría sufría catastróficas pérdidas en el este. El sueño de una rápida victoria se tornaba en pesadilla a una escala nunca antes soñada que desgarraría los campos, incendiaría los cielos y sacudiría los mares de la vieja Europa. Para las Potencias Centrales la guerra se convirtió en un monstruoso asedio, estranguladas por el implacable bloqueo británico que abocaba a sus pueblos a la inanición y emasculaba su esfuerzo bélico, y rodeadas de enemigos más poderosos y numerosos. Un anillo de acero que se ceñía inexorablemente sobre sus gargantas. En esta magistral y multipremiada relectura de la Primera Guerra Mundial desde la perspectiva de las Potencias Centrales, Alexander Watson, autor del celebrado La fortaleza, pone al lector en la piel de sus perdedores, tanto de los líderes de Berlín y Viena, como especialmente de los pueblos de Europa central para, a través de sus experiencia individuales y colectivas, hacernos partícipes de sus padecimientos pero también dejar patente la movilización y aquiescencia, más o menos entusiasta, del grueso de la sociedad para llevar a cabo esta primera «guerra total» hasta sus últimas consecuencias. Así, en su libro Watson explora cómo se consiguió y mantuvo el consenso para desatar y sostener la guerra, cómo el propio devenir de la misma fue germen de radicalización de sus sociedades y cómo estas se fragmentaron, desatando los conflictos de clase y étnicos que precipitaron el colapso político y que inocularían un venenoso legado de amargura y violencia que tendría un corolario funesto menos de dos décadas después. El anillo de acero es, por tanto, una imprescindible reevaluación militar, política, económica, social y cultural de la Primera Guerra Mundial, esencial para cualquiera que desee comprender el último siglo de la historia europea.Ganador del premio Guggenheim-Lehrman de historia militarGanador del premio Wolfson de historiaGanador del premio Distinguished Book Award de la Society of Military History