Author: H W C Davis
Title: What Europe Owes to Belgium
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1914. Unbound. A very scarce pamphlet aiming to educate the public on the political situation of Belgium shortly after the start of the First World War. From the 'Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs' series, giving brief accounts of world affairs. Issued after the beginning of the First World War, these were intended to help readers understand the events that forced Great Britain into war.Providing a short educational guide as to the political situation in Belgium in 1914, with a history of the country in the last hundred years, and an invocation of the British public to feel anger at the actions of Germany.This is the work of Henry William Carless Davis, a British historian and Professor of Modern History. The war drew his attention away from academia, and he assisted in the production of many of these pamphlets.Featuring three pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear, specifying the titles of other works within this series. Unbound, as issued. Externally, smart. Lightly age-toned to perimeters of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Oxford Pamphlets Henry William Carless Davis First World War Belgium Henry William Carless Davis None


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