The First World War: A Complete History

A fine historical work.

Gilbert's detailed, chronological survey of World War I should be dubbed the 'cornerstone' of works regarding this subject. The author covers all aspects of the war which caused an estimated 9 million military and 5 million civilian deaths. Most Europeans expected the war to be of short duration and many mistakenly looked forward to participating in it. These naive attitudes changed by the wars end, as death, chaos, and mans inhumanity toward man caused many peoples to regret the decisions that contributed to such catastrophic worldwide loses. The book is 573 pages with additional pictures and maps. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in history.

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Awesome History of WWI

This book has it all. The author is thoroughly engrossed in this topic and you benefit. It's comprehensive coverage includes many personal accounts from soldiers, leaders and the like. It is structured in a strictly chronological fashion providing a detailed account of the progress of the war. If you want to understand this war and what happened, this is the book. The numerous footnotes and the extensive bibliography make you appreciate the amazing amount of work the author went through to distill it all into one book.

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