A History of the Great War

A History of the Great War
A History of the Great War

A History of the Great War

1914-1918
By C.R.M.F. Cruttwell

HISTORY

688 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Formats: Trade Paper, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $24.95 (US $24.95) (CA $29.95)

ISBN 9780897333153

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Dec 2007)
Academy Chicago Publishers

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Overview

This vivid, detailed history of World War I presents the general reader with an accurate and readable account of the campaigns and battles, along with brilliant portraits of the leaders and generals of all countries involved. Scrupulously fair, praising and blaming friend and enemy as circumstances demand, this has become established as the classic account of the first world-wide war.

Reviews

"He has a remarkable gift for description... the book is admirably written." — New York Times


"... for my money it's the best history of World War I." — Robert Cowley, Military Historical Review


"... it is by far the best short history of the war in English." — American Historical Review


"This is perhaps the best one-volume history of the war in English." — Foreign Affairs

Author Biography

Mr. Cruttwell served in France as an Officer in the 1st/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment, and later as an Intelligence Officer at the War Office. He was also Principal of Herford College, Oxford, from 1930 to 1939 and was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He died in 1942.