This popular book came out in 1976 and remained in print until 1999. It had two re-printings as late as 1992! Such a long print-run is rare for educational books.

The book is illustrated by Leslie S. Haywood and has plenty of photographs, drawings, maps and diagrams. The subject matter is directed at slightly older pupils than the earlier books with an emphasis on follow up reading and research. There are questions to answer and teachers' notes plus a helpful TimeChart.

Twenty chapters cover the Great Powers,the outbreak of war,the war of movement, the Dardanelles, the Western Front, The Trenches, the British Army, Machine Guns and Gas, Big Guns, Tanks,War in the Air,the Zeppelins,the War at Sea, Submarines, Enter America & Exit Russia,the Home Front, Women at War, the World-Wide war,the German Gamble,the End of the War and the Peace Settlement.

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