The Long Shadow

First American Edition 2014

First published in Great Britain under the title

The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century

Title pages: Courtesy the Cambridgeshire Collection,
Cambridge Central Library

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Reynolds, David, 1952–

The long shadow : the legacies of the Great War in the twentieth century / David Reynolds. — First American edition.

pages cm

Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-393-08863-2 (hardcover)

1. World War, 1914–1918—Influence. 2. Civilization, Modern—20th century. 3. United States—Civilization—20th century. 4. War and society. I. Title.

D523.R43 2014

940.3’14—dc23

2014004026

ISBN 978-0-393-24429-8 (e-book)

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