Title: The First World War /
Authors: De Groot, Gerard J., 1955-
Publisher: Palgrave,
Year: 2001
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918.; World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front; World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Eastern Front
Abstract: "With each passing year, veterans of the Great War grow fewer in number. Yet the war itself continues to attract attention and inspire anger. Fierce battles rage between those who disagree over the origins of the conflict, its nature and its legacy. At the heart of these debates a central question recurs: is the war an example of the twentieth-century dominance of machines over man, or can the terrible losses be attributed to the mistakes made by individual men?".
Contents: Origins -- The Western Front, 1914-17 -- The Eastern Front, 1914-17 -- The War at Sea -- Sideshows and Imperial Struggles -- 1918 -- Home Fronts -- The Soldier's War -- A Peace of Sorts -- 'The Rank Stench of those Bodies Haunts Me Still'.