Ring of Fire: A New History of the World at War: 1914

At the start of World War I in 1914, many global citizens believed it would be a short conflict that would settle old scores in a matter of weeks-but it was soon clear that was not going to be the case. From the Balkans to East Prussia, France, and Belgium, nineteenth-century warfare came face to face with twentieth-century technology and the ensuing, brutal clash of empires resulted in deadlock. And it was a truly global war, stretching from Europe to Oceania, from the Middle East to North...