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In this landmark work of narrative history, MacMillan brings extraordinary personalities to life. The great-granddaughter of Lloyd George, she makes ... More

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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harcourt, 1920.

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A bestselling military historian's blow-by-blow depiction brings to life the generals and the doughboys who turned the tide in World War I, the ... More

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Drawing on cabinet papers, memoirs, official histories and diaries to look at the war from the top, this book examines the background to the Allied ... More

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In just 17 months, the U.S. federal government grew from one cog in the machinery of American life into a colossus. The Great War proved to be the ... More

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Features a detailed look at the career of Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee, the "Father of the Armored Force" Careful study of the battles fought during and ... More

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With unusual clarity and "from the trenches" insights, this book explores in detail the complexities of the origins, course, and momentous effects of ... More

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In this extensively illustrated book, an international team of experts explores the legacy of "the war to end wars". From its causes to its ... More

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The definitive biography - warts and all - of Lt. Col. William Barker, arguably Canada's greatest war hero.

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"The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. Very few of us realise with conviction the intensely ... More

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The First World War has shaped the history of the twentieth century. It was the first conflict in which aeroplanes, submarines, and tanks played a ... More

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Through the words of a man who lived it, the reader experience the discomfort, hunger, and danger of life in the maelstrom of mortal combat.

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During the First World War, nearly half a million immigrant draftees from forty-six different nations served in the U.S. Army. This surge of Old ... More

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This volume in the "Problems in European Civilization" series presents the diversity of viewpoints held by the field' s most eminent historians. The ... More

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An engrossing oral history of the last German offensive in World War I, the Second Battle of Somme, in all its glory, horror, and pathos. 60 photos. ... More

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Most books written about World War I generally focus on combat and the experiences of men. Lines of Fire challenges the restrictions of official ... More

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There have been many narratives of World War I and World War II; "World in Conflict," however, is a chronology spanning the entire period of 41 years ... More

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"Head bowed, rifle on his back, a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun, looking at the grave of a dead comrade, remembering him." ... More

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As early as the First World War planes served as scouts, fighters, and bombers--and by World War II most of the advanced nations had large military ... More

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From the author of "The Lessons of History" comes a brief, accessible, and highly engaging narrative history of World War I. Halftones.

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It was a remarkable world where the ground soldier had to look up to see his enemy for the first time in history, where daring young flyers carried ... More

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Both absorbing and persuasive, "The Last Days of Innocence" tells the untold story of the war that rudely thrust Americans into an uncertain future- ... More

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This compelling study examines the experience of German soldiers on the Eastern front in World War I.

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