Dimensions
258 x 304 x 28mm
The First World War was so terrible and so titanic a struggle that its memory haunts us still, even in the 21st century. No previous conflict had ever been as brutal or as vast in scale and its scars were so deep that it came to be known simply as "The Great War".
The battles fought so ferociously on land, sea and in the air, form the narrative core of this study, with some challenging new interpretations of the military events. However, distinguished historian HP Willmott has also focused his penetrating investigation beyond the military chronicle to produce a discerning analysis of the war's labyrinthine causes and its wider consequences for politics, economics, culture and society.
This dramatic new account combines archive and commissioned photography, illuminating narrative, thematic panels and timelines to create an authoritative and challenging study. This penetrating analysis explores not just the Western front, but shows how events in Russia, the Middle East and far-flung colonies all played their part in shaping the course of the first global conflict.
The war at sea, the war on land, in the air and on the home front is carefully examined, along with the technological, political and economic factors that played a crucial part in the war's outcome. Startling personal impressions of the battles, letters from soldiers on all sides of the conflict and searing war poetry add to the dramatic pictorial account of events.
