Hew Strachan - First Word War Volume 2

[RodB]

I was really pleased with Hew Strachan's first volume - he covered all the military, political and historical viewpoints in really serious depth, and it was also highly readable. His promised 3-volume series looked like becoming the definitive history of the war.

Does anybody know what is happening with volume 2 ?

[truthergw]

That seems to have been given up for lost.

[yelob]

I don't know the answer but I do look forward to it assuming it's coming. I wouldn't agree about it always being readable but it is brilliant.

Here's a podcast he gave about WW1 that might be of interest.

http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/Home/hew-strachan.aspx

[George Armstrong Custer]

Out of curiosity I fired off an email to Oxford University Press, asking if this three volume project was still live. Here's the response:

Dear George,

There is no news on this I am afraid. This is still planned, but I believe the author's other commitments have held up the completion of the series. It will certainly be a few years before the next volume does publish. My apologies.

Best wishes,

Michael

[gem22]

That is sad news. It's now 10 years since volume 1 came out and I had hoped the series would be complete by now. I suspect that I will have to look to my local library to supply the next volume for my reading pleasure.

Garth

[Staffsyeoman]

When challenged on this in my hearing he has tended to say 'Ah yes...' shake of the head...

[Guest]

To paraphrase Shelby Foote, who wrote a magnificent 3- volume series on the American Civil War, "of course it takes a single author a long time to write the entire history of a war; there were so many more people fighting it." 

[Bernard_Lewis]

My local history diploma tutor told me that with research: "You need to have a target. Like getting it published. Before you die..."

 

Good advice, methinks! 

 

Bernard