

WWI: The Long Shadow
The renowned British historian David Reynolds traces the legacy of the Great War through a hundred years and eleven different countries. This emotional and incisive series explores the ways in which the war haunted the generation who lived through it. Reynolds builds the powerful new argument that the conflict unleashed forces that changed the world, including those that launched World War II and Hitler.
The renowned British historian David Reynolds traces the legacy of the Great War through a hundred years and eleven different countries. This emotional and incisive series explores the ways in which the war haunted the generation who lived through it. Reynolds builds the powerful new argument that the conflict unleashed forces that changed the world, including those that launched World War II and Hitler.
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