| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
319 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Road to War -- The Years of Plenty -- War is Declared -- The Outbreak of War -- The Invasion of Belgium and France -- The Eastern Front: Serbia, Tannenberg, and Galicia -- The Battle of the Marne -- The Race to the Sea -- The First Battle of Ypres -- New Offensives in the East -- The Widening War -- The Dardanelles Expedition -- Caucasus, Egypt, Mesopotamia -- The Italian Front -- German Possessions in the East -- War in Africa -- War and the Rise of the State -- Deadlock in the West -- The Eastern Front: Poland, Galicia, and Serbia -- The Home Front -- Battles of Attrition -- The Battle of Verdun -- The Eastern Front: the Brusilov Offensive -- The Battle of the Somme -- Events Beyond the Battlefield -- The War at Sea -- The War in the Air -- The US and the War -- Disillusion, Mutiny and Revolution -- The Western Front: The Nivelle Offensive, French Mutinies, and the Third Battle of Ypres -- Russia and the Eastern Front: Revolution and Civil War in Russia -- The Italian Front -- Mesopotamia and Palestine -- The Last Great Battles -- The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk -- The German Spring Offensives -- The Allied Counteroffensives -- Collapse of Germany's Allies: Salonika, Middle East, Vittorio Veneto -- The German Search for an Armistice -- A New World Order -- Aftermath of the War: Peace Talks and Settlements -- Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, Turkey, and the Middle East -- The Legacy of the War -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
A visual guide to the causes, battles, and forces of World War I. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works.
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| Added Title |
World War 1 |
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World War One |
| ISBN |
0789496275 alkaline paper |
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9780789496270 alkaline paper |
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