num_pages: 370
description: The author explores such theatres as the Balkans, Africa and the Ottoman Empire. He assesses Britain's participation in the First World War in the light of what became a struggle for the defense of liberalism. He shows how the war shaped the short 20th century that followed it.
language: English
title: The First World War
titlecomplete: The First World War
genres: Military Fiction, Historical, European History, War, Nonfiction, World History, History, 20th Century, Military History, World War I
ratings_count: 2347
publisher: Pocketbooks