Lawrence Sondhaus is een historicus wiens werk zich richt op militaire geschiedenis. Zijn onderzoek duikt in de complexiteit van oorlogsvoering, waarbij hij de strategische, politieke en sociale dimensies ervan over verschillende perioden onderzoekt. Sondhaus biedt een diep analytisch perspectief op conflict, waarbij hij de krachten verkent die militaire operaties en hun maatschappelijke impact vormgeven. Zijn academische werk biedt waardevolle inzichten in de evolutie van oorlogvoering en de blijvende gevolgen ervan.
This revised and updated interpretation of World War I highlights the revolutionary nature and legacy of the conflict of 1914-1919. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural history of the war at home as well as the war's origins, ending and subsequent legacy.
The transition from wooden sailing fleets to modern steel navies is explored through significant technological advancements such as steam power, armor, artillery, and torpedoes. The book examines how these innovations reshaped naval strategy and tactics, marking a pivotal shift in maritime warfare.
"Seen by Lawrence as his most accomplished book, but subject to the initial prudery and incomprehension that met most of his fiction, Women in Love examines the regenerative and destructive aspects of human passion, as illustrated by its depiction of Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen - who first appeared in The Rainbow - and their relationships with Gerald Crich and Rupert Birkin. Set against the backdrop of a world consuming itself in war, the novel creates an instructive vision of humanity's dance with life and death." "This text is the famous "first" Women in Love, the unexpurgated version preferred by Lawrence himself, which was rejected by every publisher because of the banning of The Rainbow in 1915. More positive in tone than the revised version published in his lifetime, with different central relationships and a radically different ending, it is now viewed by many as Lawrence's masterpiece."--BOOK JACKET.