The First World War: The War to End All Wars: No.2 (Essential Histories Specials) - Softcover

Jukes, Geoffrey; Hickey, Michael; Simkins, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841767387 ISBN 13: 9781841767383

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterised by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun and Ypres incurred human loss on a scale never previously imagined. This book, with a foreword by Professor Hew Strachan, covers the fighting on all fronts, from Flanders to Tannenberg and from Italy to Palestine. A series of moving extracts from personal letters, diaries and journals bring to life the experiences of soldiers and civilians caught up in the war.

About this title

Review:

Essential Histories are remarkably effective in presenting military events in the wider contexts of the new military history.

Book Description:

Published to coincide with the anniversary of the First World War, this new edition, superbly illustrated with contemporary photographs and colour maps, gives readers an insight into all aspects of the First World War, from the trenches to the Eastern Front, as well as the Mediterranean conflict.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1841767387
• ISBN 13: 9781841767383
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352