Picture 1 of 2
Gallery
Picture 1 of 2
Have one to sell?
The Last Battle Victory, Defeat, and End of World War I by Peter Hart HARDCOVER
US $20.82
ApproximatelyS$ 27.08
or Best Offer
Condition:
“clean very good Hardcover Book with dust jacket no ink or highlighting packed in a bubble mailer ”... Read moreabout condition
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Shipping:
US $6.99 (approx S$ 9.09) Economy Shipping.
Located in: Niagara Falls, New York, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Wed, 19 Nov and Tue, 25 Nov to 94104
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Shop with confidence
About this item
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:387027723674
Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780190872984
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190872985
ISBN-13
9780190872984
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240974927
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Battle : Victory, Defeat, and the End of World War I
Number of Pages
464 Pages, 336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / General, Military / World War I
Publication Year
2018
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
6.5 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"This book is an excellent example of the genre of war as personal experience. For an account of the soldiers' battles of the last months of the war it stands alone." -- Robin Prior, Journal of Modern History "Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College "Well written, with an exceptional collection of personal narratives, this book provides a fascinating look at the last four months of World War I."--New York Journal of Books "The account of the final campaigns of the war is told from a refreshing perspective that examines both the allied plan as well as the German response...I highly recommend this excellent addition to the historiography of the First World War." --Battles and Book Reviews "A timely and compelling account of 'The Hundred Days Offensive.'" --Centenary News "[An] excellent account... This book pays just tribute to the allied military achievement of 1918, too often forgotten in our preoccupation with earlier horrors." --The Sunday Times (U.K.) "Hart enlivens his lucid account of this final battle with quotes from memoirs, letters, and diaries. He shows how increased professionalism and better tactics allowed British and French troops, fortified by the arrival of the U.S. Army, to push back the German forces. He also opens a window into the minds of individual soldiers, relating how they accepted the possibility of death and their relief at the eventual armistice."--Foreign Affairs "An eminent oral historian taps the voices of those who fought in the pivotal battles of 1918 for this sweeping account of how the Allied forces achieved total domination over the German army on the Western Front."--MHQ Magazine "What sets Hart's history apart is that it is not the typical narrative description which includes the movements of major ground forces and the strategy behind those movements. While he does provide a well-structured chronological account of what happened in each of the final battles, he also tells that story through the words of hundreds of the men who were there and were lucky enough to survive." -- C. Douglas Kroll, The Northern Mariner, "This book is an excellent example of the genre of war as personal experience. For an account of the soldiers' battles of the last months of the war it stands alone." -- Robin Prior, Journal of Modern History"Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College "Well written, with an exceptional collection of personal narratives, this book provides a fascinating look at the last four months of World War I."--New York Journal of Books "The account of the final campaigns of the war is told from a refreshing perspective that examines both the allied plan as well as the German response...I highly recommend this excellent addition to the historiography of the First World War." --Battles and Book Reviews "A timely and compelling account of 'The Hundred Days Offensive.'" --Centenary News "Hart enlivens his lucid account of this final battle with quotes from memoirs, letters, and diaries. He shows how increased professionalism and better tactics allowed British and French troops, fortified by the arrival of the U.S. Army, to push back the German forces. He also opens a window into the minds of individual soldiers, relating how they accepted the possibility of death and their relief at the eventual armistice."--Foreign Affairs"An eminent oral historian taps the voices of those who fought in the pivotal battles of 1918 for this sweeping account of how the Allied forces achieved total domination over the German army on the Western Front."--MHQ Magazine"What sets Hart's history apart is that it is not the typical narrative description which includes the movements of major ground forces and the strategy behind those movements. While he does provide a well-structured chronological account of what happened in each of the final battles, he also tells that story through the words of hundreds of the men who were there and were lucky enough to survive." -- C. Douglas Kroll, The Northern Mariner, "Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College "Well written, with an exceptional collection of personal narratives, this book provides a fascinating look at the last four months of World War I."--New York Journal of Books "The account of the final campaigns of the war is told from a refreshing perspective that examines both the allied plan as well as the German response...I highly recommend this excellent addition to the historiography of the First World War." --Battles and Book Reviews "A timely and compelling account of 'The Hundred Days Offensive.'" --Centenary News "[An] excellent account... This book pays just tribute to the allied military achievement of 1918, too often forgotten in our preoccupation with earlier horrors." --The Sunday Times (U.K.) "Hart enlivens his lucid account of this final battle with quotes from memoirs, letters, and diaries. He shows how increased professionalism and better tactics allowed British and French troops, fortified by the arrival of the U.S. Army, to push back the German forces. He also opens a window into the minds of individual soldiers, relating how they accepted the possibility of death and their relief at the eventual armistice."--Foreign Affairs "An eminent oral historian taps the voices of those who fought in the pivotal battles of 1918 for this sweeping account of how the Allied forces achieved total domination over the German army on the Western Front."--MHQ Magazine, "Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College "Well written, with an exceptional collection of personal narratives, this book provides a fascinating look at the last four months of World War I."--New York Journal of Books "The account of the final campaigns of the war is told from a refreshing perspective that examines both the allied plan as well as the German response...I highly recommend this excellent addition to the historiography of the First World War." --Battles and Book Reviews "A timely and compelling account of 'The Hundred Days Offensive.'" --Centenary News "[An] excellent account... This book pays just tribute to the allied military achievement of 1918, too often forgotten in our preoccupation with earlier horrors." --The Sunday Times (U.K.) "Hart enlivens his lucid account of this final battle with quotes from memoirs, letters, and diaries. He shows how increased professionalism and better tactics allowed British and French troops, fortified by the arrival of the U.S. Army, to push back the German forces. He also opens a window into the minds of individual soldiers, relating how they accepted the possibility of death and their relief at the eventual armistice."--Foreign Affairs "An eminent oral historian taps the voices of those who fought in the pivotal battles of 1918 for this sweeping account of how the Allied forces achieved total domination over the German army on the Western Front."--MHQ Magazine "What sets Hart's history apart is that it is not the typical narrative description which includes the movements of major ground forces and the strategy behind those movements. While he does provide a well-structured chronological account of what happened in each of the final battles, he also tells that story through the words of hundreds of the men who were there and were lucky enough to survive." -- C. Douglas Kroll, The Northern Mariner, "Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College "Well written, with an exceptional collection of personal narratives, this book provides a fascinating look at the last four months of World War I."--New York Journal of Books "The account of the final campaigns of the war is told from a refreshing perspective that examines both the allied plan as well as the German response...I highly recommend this excellent addition to the historiography of the First World War." --Battles and Book Reviews "A timely and compelling account of 'The Hundred Days Offensive.'" --Centenary News, "Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, "Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College "Well written, with an exceptional collection of personal narratives, this book provides a fascinating look at the last four months of World War I."--New York Journal of Books "The account of the final campaigns of the war is told from a refreshing perspective that examines both the allied plan as well as the German response...I highly recommend this excellent addition to the historiography of the First World War." --Battles and Book Reviews "A timely and compelling account of 'The Hundred Days Offensive.'" --Centenary News "[An] excellent account... This book pays just tribute to the allied military achievement of 1918, too often forgotten in our preoccupation with earlier horrors." --The Sunday Times (U.K.) "Hart enlivens his lucid account of this final battle with quotes from memoirs, letters, and diaries. He shows how increased professionalism and better tactics allowed British and French troops, fortified by the arrival of the U.S. Army, to push back the German forces. He also opens a window into the minds of individual soldiers, relating how they accepted the possibility of death and their relief at the eventual armistice."--Foreign Affairs, "Written by one of Britain's best scholars of the Great War, The Last Battle follows Hart's usual synergy of well-paced analytical text with first-hand accounts by participants. These are especially well chosen: Hart's knowledge of and sensitivity to this material reflects his years of work at the Imperial War Museum. He evaluates the respective contributions of the Allies and the growing debility of the Germans with a sharp eye for both battlefields and home fronts as the combatants put their last, best efforts into a war that had exhausted both sides, and whose physical and spiritual scars endure today." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College "Well written, with an exceptional collection of personal narratives, this book provides a fascinating look at the last four months of World War I."--New York Journal of Books
Table Of Content
Preface 1. Where are we? 2. Battle of Meuse-Argone 3. Battle of Canal du Nord 4. Fifth Battle of Ypres & Battle of Courtrai 5. Battles of St. Quentin Canal and Beaurevoir 6. Advance to the Selle 7. Battle of Selle 8. Catching Up 9. Americans on the Meuse, November 1918 10. Battle of the Sambre 11. Day of Days: Armistice, 11 November 1918 12. Aftermath
Synopsis
Author of The Great War , as well as celebrated accounts of the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, Jutland, and Gallipoli, historian Peter Hart now turns to World War One's final months. Much has been made of-and written about-August 1914. There has been comparatively little focus on August 1918 and the lead-up to November. Because of the fixation on the Great War's opening moves, and the great battles that followed over the course of the next four years, the endgame seems to come as a stunning anticlimax. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the guns simply fell silent. The Last Battle definitively corrects this misperception. As Hart shows, a number of factors precipitated the Armistice. After four years of bloodshed, Germany was nearly bankrupt and there was a growing rift between the military High Command and political leadership. But it also remained a determined combatant, and France and Great Britain had equally been stretched to their limits; Russia had abandoned the conflict in the late winter of 1918. However complex the causes of Germany's ultimate defeat, Allied success on the Western Front, as Hart reveals, tipped the scales-the triumphs at the Fifth Battle of Ypres, the Sambre, the Selle, and the Meuse-Argonne, where American forces made arguably their greatest contribution. The offensives cracked the Hindenburg Line and wore down the German resistance, precipitating collapse. Final victory came at great human cost and involved the combined efforts of millions of men. Using the testimony of a range of participants, from the Doughboys, Tommies, German infantrymen, and French poilus who did the fighting, to those in command during those last days and weeks, Hart brings intimacy and sweep to the events that led to November 11, 1918., An account of the final months of the Great War, and how the Allies, including freshly arrived American soldiers, defeated Germany on the Western Front.While much has been made of - and written about - the guns of August 1914, the story of the guns of August 1918 is a different matter. Yet the campaigns of the summer and fall were the climactic battles of the Great War and determined its outcome. The triumph was not by any means "sudden," but rather the result of four months of bitter fighting. In The Last Battle, preeminent World War I historian Peter Hart offers an account of those final months and their main features: the Allied victories at the Fifth Battle of Ypres and the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, where American forces made their decisive contribution; and the offensives coordinated by the Allied Supreme Command that cracked the Hindenburg Line and wore down the German resistance. Millions of men contributed to the eventual Allied victory, ending a conflict that had bled Europe dry. As The Last Battle illuminates, victory was partly a matter of German political unrest and internal collapse, but the Allied success on the battlefield precipitated it. As with The Great War and Fire and Movement, The Last Battle features Hart's gift for illuminating the interplay of figures and events, bringing both intimacy and sweep to the history. He allows those who were there to tell the story, immersing the reader in the days leading up to November 11, 1918., An account of the final months of the Great War, and how the Allies, including freshly arrived American soldiers, defeated Germany on the Western Front., Author of The Great War, as well as celebrated accounts of the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, Jutland, and Gallipoli, historian Peter Hart now turns to World War One's final months. Much has been made of-and written about-August 1914. There has been comparatively little focus on August 1918 and the lead-up to November. Because of the fixation on the Great War's opening moves, and the great battles that followed over the course of the next four years, the endgame seems to come as a stunning anticlimax. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the guns simply fell silent. The Last Battle definitively corrects this misperception. As Hart shows, a number of factors precipitated the Armistice. After four years of bloodshed, Germany was nearly bankrupt and there was a growing rift between the military High Command and political leadership. But it also remained a determined combatant, and France and Great Britain had equally been stretched to their limits; Russia had abandoned the conflict in the late winter of 1918. However complex the causes of Germany's ultimate defeat, Allied success on the Western Front, as Hart reveals, tipped the scales-the triumphs at the Fifth Battle of Ypres, the Sambre, the Selle, and the Meuse-Argonne, where American forces made arguably their greatest contribution. The offensives cracked the Hindenburg Line and wore down the German resistance, precipitating collapse. Final victory came at great human cost and involved the combined efforts of millions of men. Using the testimony of a range of participants, from the Doughboys, Tommies, German infantrymen, and French poilus who did the fighting, to those in command during those last days and weeks, Hart brings intimacy and sweep to the events that led to November 11, 1918.
Item description from the seller
Popular categories from this store
Seller feedback (46,475)
- y***c (472)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSeller posted a stock photo and not pic of book as is, but its condition still a great value for the price and was packed to keep it safe during transit. Contents written by seller on outside of package? Book shipped the first day of eBay ETA and arrived two postal days later with no communication, but it got here. Probs won't go to again, but this was a nice C+ transaction.The Katja Ser.: Katja from the Punk Band by Simon Logan (2010, Trade Paperback) (#386649529182)
- 0***a (3)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseFast shipping, item arrived a week ahead of schedule and in excellent condition, just as described. Very good value for this hard-to-find book. Shipping cost was reasonable considering large size of this book and its weight. Packaging ensured item arrived in perfect condition. I received multiple email updates with helpful tracking info. Very professional overall. Would gladly buy again from this seller.
- r***9 (452)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived safely, luckily. Packaged ok but in used plastic bags in poor condition, and used card-board single sheet instead of a comic book mailer. I dont sell very often, so this might work for many sellers; however as a buyer just know that it is much easier to have comics damaged in the mail that way, so ask the seller about it if that matters to you. The seller gave me a slight discount for combined mailing, which is good for the costs involved. Overall still positive.
Popular categories from this store
Seller feedback (46,475)
- y***c (472)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSeller posted a stock photo and not pic of book as is, but its condition still a great value for the price and was packed to keep it safe during transit. Contents written by seller on outside of package? Book shipped the first day of eBay ETA and arrived two postal days later with no communication, but it got here. Probs won't go to again, but this was a nice C+ transaction.The Katja Ser.: Katja from the Punk Band by Simon Logan (2010, Trade Paperback) (#386649529182)
- 0***a (3)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseFast shipping, item arrived a week ahead of schedule and in excellent condition, just as described. Very good value for this hard-to-find book. Shipping cost was reasonable considering large size of this book and its weight. Packaging ensured item arrived in perfect condition. I received multiple email updates with helpful tracking info. Very professional overall. Would gladly buy again from this seller.
- r***9 (452)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived safely, luckily. Packaged ok but in used plastic bags in poor condition, and used card-board single sheet instead of a comic book mailer. I dont sell very often, so this might work for many sellers; however as a buyer just know that it is much easier to have comics damaged in the mail that way, so ask the seller about it if that matters to you. The seller gave me a slight discount for combined mailing, which is good for the costs involved. Overall still positive.