World War I
Designed for secondary school and college student research, this book is a readable analysis and ready-reference guide to the war. An introductory essay presents a lucid overview of the main features of the conflict. Five essays analyze crucial aspects of the war, from the battlefield to the homefront, and a concluding essay assesses the consequences of the war from a contemporary perspective. Ready-reference features include: a chronology of events; lengthy biographical profiles of twenty-one major figures, stressing their role in the war's origins, conduct, or outcome; the text of fifteen key primary documents such as diaries, memoirs, and newspaper editorials; a glossary of selected terms; and an extensively annotated bibliography of recommended further reading and major documentary and feature films made about the war
xxiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780313298806, 0313298807
36292837
Chronology of events
World War I explained: Overview of the war
Anatomy of catastrophe, Somme and Chemin des Dames
Anatomy of success, the war against the submarine
The United States in World War I
The home front
War and the collapse of the old order: Russia and Austria-Hungary
Consequences of the war, a contemporary perspective
Biographies: the personalities behind the war
Primary documents of the war
Glossary of selected terms
Annotated bibliography