Peter Hart worked as the oral historian of the Imperial War Museum from 1981-2020. He is the author of several military history books on the first and second world wars. His latest book is At Close Range: Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment, 1939-45.
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Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by the Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks,... SEE MORE