The greatest day in history
Subtitle: how, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the First World War finally came to an end
By: Nicholas Best.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Public Affairs
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781586486402
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices; Armistice Day
Description: "As the first of many books to commemorate the ninetieth anniversary of Armistice Day 1918, this volume sets an example that will be hard to equal ... Reading it is like looking into a photograph album full of vivid snaps of the world taken during a week of high tension, crisis, celebration, tragedy, and illusion."--Daily Mail (UK).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.