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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.

Contents:

Introduction · Chronology · The Western Front 1914–16 · The road to war · Countdown to war · The Schlieffen Plan · War on the Western Front 1914–16 · Private Archie Surfleet · The Home Fronts 1914–16 · Winnifred Adair Roberts · How the period ended · The Western Front 1917–18 · Strategic choices for 1917 · War on the Western Front 1917–18 · Private Frederick 'Fen' Noakes · The Home Fronts 1917–18 · Caroline Webb · How the war on the Western Front ended · The Eastern Front 1914–18 · Russian ambitions · From war to revolution · Portrait of a trooper, an ensign and a sergeant · 'Living on cereals and porridge' · How the war in the East ended · The Mediterranean 1914–23 · The decline of the Ottoman Empire · The Mediterranean Front 1914–23 · Cecil, Harold and Noel Wright · The loose ends of war · The village of Christleton · How the war in the Mediterranean ended · Conclusion and consequences

Paperback; September 2003; 352 pages.

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