The Little Book Of The War
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 1918
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: I. The Spark that exploded the Magazine i; title: The Turks and Turkey — The unrest of the Balkan peoples — The Balkan Wars — Serbia — Belgrade — The in- dependence of the Serbians. — The desire of the Balkan peoples to be divided according to their nationalities — Causes of their discontent — The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Serajevo — The Aus- tro-Hungarian note and Serbia's reply — Russia's resources and wishes — Germany's aims — The condition of Austria- Hungary — The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente — Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.; title: II. The Dash toward Paris 16; title: Attempts to prevent war — Why Germany wished for war — Her feelings toward the Entente countries — Germany's aims and preparations for war — Declarations of war — Mobilization of German troops — The troubles of American tourists — The Germans violate Luxemburg and Belgium — Belgium's honor — The "scrap of paper" incident — Why England entered the war — The Germans in Belgium — The dash toward Paris — General Joffre and the battle of the Marne.; title: III. "Kitchener's Mob" 28; title: Japan and Montenegro join the Allies — - Japan captures Kiao-chau — German aims in Turkey — How Turkey was tricked into the war — The two groups of combatants — How Germans are trained for war — Rapidity of their mobilization — Lord Kitchener creates a volunteer army — His letter — His death — Trenches and trench fighting — Dangers in captured trenches — Pranks of the Irish — The double line of trenches — The Eastern Front — Von Hindenburg's success — The Russians in Galicia — How Serbia was saved by King Peter — How Germany's fleet was bottled up — Results of the war at the end of 19 14. IV. Modern Methods of Warfare 41; title: Camouflage — Barbed wire — Machine guns — Liquid fire — Poison gas — Hand grenades — Shrapnel — Wireless telegraphy and the telephone — Tanks — Flying ma- chines and anti-aircraft guns — Work of the aircraft — Submarines — Teleferica — Value in war of mules, horses, pigeons, and dogs — The Blue Star and the Red Star.; title: V. The Troubles of Neutrals; title: "Quiet" times on the Western Front — Attacking a trench — Neuve Chapelle — The Canadians at Ypres — Energy of the French and the English — The duties and ! rights of neutrals — England interferes with American trade — Germany's undersea warfare — American sales of guns and ammunition — Torpedoing of Red Cross ships.; title: VI. The War in 1915 62; title: "Frightfulness" — Destruction of the Lusitania — Defeat of the Russians at the Mazurian Lakes — The siege of Przemysl — Retreat of the Russians in Galicia — Fall of Lemberg and Warsaw — The Grand Duke Nicholas sent to the Caucasus — Typhus fever in Serbia — Bulgaria joins the Central Powers — Serbia is overrun — Russia's geographical difficulties — The plan to capture Constantinople — The Dardanelles and their fortifications — Failure of the fleet — The struggle at Gallipoli — The Allied forces withdraw — Results of the year 1915.; title: VII. The War in 1916 73; title: Failure of the attempt to capture Verdun — Battle of the Somme — Naval battle of Jutland — Portugal and Italy enter the war— " Italia Irredenta " — San Marino becomes an ally— New "Fronts"— The Turks aim at the Suez Canal — Massacres of the Armenians — The Grand Duke Nicholas captures Erzerum and Trebizond — The Russians make a successful drive into Galicia — The English surrender to the Turks in Mesopotamia — Bravery of the Italians — Rumania joins the Allies, is overrun by the Central Powers — Montenegro is devastated — Results of the year 1916.; title: VIII. The United States enters the War 86; title: The United States proclaims her neutrality — German spies — Dishonorable acts of the German Embassy — The crimes of Germany — Submarine warfare — Count von Bernstorff receives his passports — The United States declares war — Democracy — Autocracy — The Government of Germany — Why we are fighting.; title: IX. The Crumbling of Russia 95; title: The grievances of the Russian people — Their revolution — Effect upon the war — "America is our ally" — Service of our Navy — Many nations join the Allies — "Spurlos versenkt" — Greece enters the war — Explosion of mines — Armored tanks at Cambrai — The Italians on the Piave — The English capture Bagdad, Beersheba, Gaza, Joppa, and at length enter Jerusalem — History of Jerusalem — Tact of General Allenby — A national home for the Jews — Capture of Jericho — Germany seizes the Ukraine — The allies in Murmansk and Vladivostok — The Czecho-Slovaks — The independence of Siberia — The unconditional surrender of Bulgaria.; title: X. The Americans as Helpers 109; title: Plattsburg — "Intensive training" — "Selective draft" — Soldiers' and sailors' insurance — Cantonments — The salute — General Foch in command — Americans as soldiers — Teaching English at the cantonments — Americans struggle with French — Our Navy — How our Gov- ernment gets money for the war — The Y.M.C.A. — The Knights of Columbus — The Y.M.H.A. — The Red Cross — Its Indian members — The American Fund for French Wounded — The Friends — Work of college boys and college girls — The nurses' camp at Vassar — The Salvation Army — Boy Scouts — Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls — The Red Star — A war that must be won.; title: APPENDIX; title: President Wilson's Peace Terms 126; title: INDEX 129; title: MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Facing; title: Europe about i860 2; title: The Pan-German Plan 3; title: The Western Battle Lines, 1914-1918 82; title: The Italian Front 83; title: The German Penetration of Russia 96; title: The Eastern Front 97; title: Four Allied Commanders in France 112; title: One of our most powerful Battleships 113; title: A part of one of our great Army Training Camps 113