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David Reynolds is the award-winning and bestselling author of twelve history books and Professor of International History at Cambridge University (Christ's College). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. His book awards include the Wolfson Prize and the PEN Hessell Tiltman prize. David has written and presented critically acclaimed films and documentaries for both BBC TV and Radio 4.
[World War I has] been analyzed before, but never with such depth of perception or range of understanding. Reynolds is able to speak with authority on economics and philosophy; literature and art; politics, diplomacy and memory. He is a historian of immense skill, utterly confident of his wisdom and deservedly so.-Gerard De Groot An extraordinary work.-Peter Stansky, Stanford University [A] masterly look at what the war meant and how its meaning changed by decade.-David Shribman Offers correctives to many popular delusions. Perspective is critical to a comprehension of history, and Reynolds has no peer in helping us to achieve this.-Max Hastings A masterly study in every sense: by an historian at the top of his game, deploying wide-ranging research in important arguments, sustained alike with rich detail and with dry wit.-Peter Clarke Fascinating.-Andrew Roberts Brilliant...the most challenging and intelligent book on the Great War and our perceptions of it that any of us will read this, or any other year.-John Charmley A fluent corrective to our preoccupation with our own individual and family war stories . . . offers a truly global perspective on the conflict's long shadow.-Nigel Jones Who better as remembrancer than David Reynolds, with his customary lucidity, his long view, his comparative perspective, his contemporary sensitivity, his scholarly sanity and his crisp humanity? ...This is the work of a master historian.-Alex Danchev Transcends conventional histories about World War I ...The kind of book that challenges readers to think.-Ed Timms
