A History Of The First World War

Basil Liddell Hart served in the First World War and spent the rest of his career arguing about how it had been conducted, which gives this single-volume history its edge. The account runs from the crisis of 1914 through the campaigns on the Western and Eastern fronts to the collapse of 1918, weighing the decisions of commanders against what the men in front of them could actually do. Liddell Hart is known for his emphasis on the indirect approach and for his scepticism about wars of attrition, and both shape the judgements made here. The narrative is written for the general reader as much as the specialist, with strategy explained rather than assumed. Points worth knowing: • A one-volume narrative of the 1914 to 1918 war by a noted military historian • Coverage of the major fronts rather than the Western Front alone • Strategic analysis from a writer who questioned the logic of attrition • A standard reference point in twentieth-century military history writing Suited to history readers, students of military strategy and anyone approaching the Great War for the first time, available at Boipoka.