Description: Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with vivid photos, this account is "quite simply the best short history of the war in print" (Dennis Showalter).
Review Quotes: Praise for The First World War
"This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available."--Los Angeles Times "What Strachan offers is history as only the professionals can do it, and rarely enough even then."--Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker "Likely to be the most indispensable one-volume work on the subject since John Keegan's First World War."--Publishers Weekly "A brilliant feat."--John Keegan "Quite simply the best short history of the war in print."--Dennis Showalter