Tuesday, July 08, 2014

The First World War: The War to End all Wars, Peter Simkins, Geoffrey Jukes and Michael Hickey.

The First World War: The War to End all Wars, Peter Simkins, Geoffrey Jukes and Michael Hickey.

Excellent single-volume history of the First World War, focusing on the land battles on the Western, Eastern and Italian fronts and the war against the Ottoman Empire. Gives a good impression of the way in which both offensive and defensive tactics developed during the war and the slow formation of a war-winning Allied strategy.
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