Alexander Watson is professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I, which won the Wolfson History Prize and the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, and Enduring the Great War, winner of the Fraenkel Prize.
Ring of Steel is perhaps the most important of the current crop of
[WWI] books -- and certainly one of the best."--Guardian (UK)
"A fresh approach in analyzing the conflict.... Watson's main
concern here is to try and figure out why the loss of the war for
the central powers created the unstable states that emerged in the
aftermath of the conflict. He finishes off the task he has set
himself here with considerable precision and skill."--Daily
Beast
"British historians have tended to view the Great War predominantly
from the side of the Allies. Watson has done our understanding an
inestimable service by examining these familiar events from the
perspective of the Central Powers."--Telegraph (UK)
"Illuminating...an outstanding book that has been scrupulously
researched. I highly recommend this book to students of World War I
and indeed anyone who wants to see how the Central Powers dealt
with the stresses of war on the homefront. They will not find a
better, fairer history because it has not yet been
written."--Battles and Book Reviews
"In a year crowded with histories of World War I, Alexander
Watson's Ring of Steel makes a truly indispensable contribution in
allowing us to see from the inside out this disastrous alliance
between Austria and imperial Germany.... It is a mark of talent in
a historian to take familiar narratives and open them to new
interpretation. Mr. Watson's book is a brilliant demonstration of
this skill."--Wall Street Journal
"In a year dominated by memories of the First World War, this
supremely accomplished book stands out. Not only does it look at
the conflict from the perspective of the losing Central Powers,
imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary, but it brings together
political, military, economic and cultural history in an enormously
impressive narrative."--Sunday Times (UK) History Book of the
Year
"Remarkable...the first comprehensive history of the war written
from the perspective of the Central Powers."--Los Angeles Review of
Books
"This book, at times gripping, at other times poignant, and always
revealing, marks a valuable contribution to [the] debate on the
war's place in twentieth-century history."--Financial Times
"Watson has contributed a definitive resource to the literature on
the strategic enigma being debated during the centennial of WW
I."--Choice
Winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History
Winner of the Wolfson History Prize
The Society of Military History 2015 Distinguished Book Award
Recipient
British Army Military Book of the Year
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