If almost every war is worse than expected, none was more so than World War I. Instead of lasting a few months, its four years brought loss of life and enormous suffering millions. It caused the collapse of empires and redrew the map of Europe for ever. Illusions on all sides - military, political and cultural were shattered. This book charts the ever-growing development and horror of the war - not only the great battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts but the war at sea, in the air and the effects of the war far from the frontline. Throughout, the book records the courage and heroism of individual soldiers and civilians of many nations in this account of the Great War.
- ISBN10 0006376665
- ISBN13 9780006376668
- Publish Date 11 September 1995 (first published 31 August 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 January 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 640
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk