World War I

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 - History - 512 pages
Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall's World War I is "far and away the best, most concise and clearest one-volume history of the war to end all wars" (Denver Post).

A "full-dress history of the war by one of our most distinguished military writers" (New York Times), this riveting history takes readers from the first shots in Sarajevo to the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles and through every bunker, foxhole, and minefield in between.

Brigadier General Marshall drew on his unique firsthand experience as a soldier and a lifetime of military service to pen this forthright, forward-thinking history of what people once believed would be the last great war.

Introduced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, David M. Kennedy, World War I is a classic example of unflinching military history that is certain to inform, enrich, and deepen our understanding of this great cataclysm.
 

Contents

When the Lights Went Out
6
Appointment at the Marne
54
Guns East
94
Seeds of Stalemate
126
Spreading Conflict
162
Deadlock
202
Ordeal of Nations
234
Crisis in the Allied Camp
268
Exit Russia
320
New Storm in the West
346
Enter the Yanks
368
Turning of the Tide
394
Eleventh Hour
420
Versailles
456
Picture Credits
484
Index
485

Waiting for America
294

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About the author (2001)

Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall (1900-1977) was an accomplished journalist, a war correspondent, and a historian. One of the preeminent American military writers of our time, he wrote more than thirty books.