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The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914–1918

by Holger H. Herwig

Bloomsbury Academic. 2009. 512p. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780340573488. pap. $39.95.

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Draws primarily on German and Austro-Hungarian archival sources to analyze the weaknesses and blundering of these two powers. (LJ 3/15/97)

Reviewed by Edwin B. Burgess, Margaret Heilbrun , Nov 01, 2013

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