A History of the Great War: 1914-1918
- ISBN-10
- 0897336607
- ISBN-13
- 9780897336604
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 688
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-12-01
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- C.R.M.F. Cruttwell
Description
This vivid, detailed history of World War I presents the general reader with an accurate and readable account of the campaigns and battles, along with brilliant portraits of the leaders and generals of all countries involved. Scrupulously fair, praising and blaming friend and enemy as circumstances demand, this has become established as the classic account of the first world-wide war.
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