First World War (Revised)

The tragic slaughter of the trenches is imprinted on modern memory; but it is more difficult to grasp the wider extent and significance of World War I. This book gives a clear chronological account of the campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and then moves on to investigate areas that many studies ignore - the war poets, the diplomacy of war aims and peace moves, logistics, and the experience of the war. It was soon seen that war has nothing to do with chivalry any more, but it was harder to say what World War I was fought for, or what the combatants gained.