The First World War
Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Series: Very Short Introductions
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 20 May 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780199205592
Copyright date: 2002
First sentence: Since the Great War of 1914-18 was fought on all the oceans of the world and ultimately involved belligerents from every continent, it can justifiably be termed a 'world war'.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations
pagenum: ix; title: Maps
pagenum: xi; label: 1
title: Europe in 1914
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: The Coming of War
pagenum: 15; label: 3
title: 1914: The Opening Campaigns
pagenum: 27; label: 4
title: 1915: The War Continues
pagenum: 37; label: 5
title: 1916: The War of Attrition
pagenum: 56; label: 6
title: The United States Enters the War
pagenum: 68; label: 7
title: 1917: The Year of Crisis
pagenum: 81; label: 8
title: 1918: The Year of Decision
pagenum: 95; label: 9
title: The Settlement
pagenum: 113; title: Appendices; title: ** I. President Wilson's Fourteen Points
pagenum: 120; title: ** II. Total War Casualties
pagenum: 122; title: Further reading
pagenum: 123; title: Index
pagenum: 125