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'Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship, Stone's boldly conceived and brilliantly executed book opened the eyes of a generation of young British historians raised on tales of the Western trenches to the crucial importance of the Eastern Front in the First World War' Niall Ferguson 'Scholarly, lucid, entertaining, based on a thorough knowledge of Austrian and Russian sources, it sharply revises traditional assumptions about the First World War.' Michael Howard

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A classic account. . . that even after thirty years remains essential reading. Sunday Times One of the outstanding historians of our age. Spectator Fills an enormous gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Great War. Sunday Telegraph A landmark in its field. . . it is still the best book on the eastern front. Orlando Figes, historian Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship. Niall Ferguson, historian

A landmark in its field. . . it is still the best book on the eastern front. --Orlando Figes, historian Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship. --Niall Ferguson, historian One of the outstanding historians of our age. Spectator One of the outstanding historians of our age. --Spectator Fills an enormous gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Great War. --Sunday Telegraph A classic account. . . that even after thirty years remains essential reading. --Sunday Times

One of the outstanding historians of our age. Spectator A landmark in its field. . . it is still the best book on the eastern front. --Orlando Figes, historian Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship. --Niall Ferguson, historian Fills an enormous gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Great War. --Sunday Telegraph One of the outstanding historians of our age. --Spectator A classic account. . . that even after thirty years remains essential reading. --Sunday Times

Without question one of the classics of post-war historical scholarship. Niall Ferguson, historian

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Norman Stone is Professor at Bilkent University. He was Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford from 1984-1997.

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