The First World War: A Complete History by Martin Gilbert
The First World War: A Complete History by Martin Gilbert
HAVING read this tome many years ago, re-reading it was like revisiting an old friend.
Gilbert’s book remains the definitive single volume account of the conflict for anyone wishing to get a grasp of the overall dynamics of the forces at play, while being left with a vivid account of what it meant to the people involved on the ground, in the air and on the sea.
With superb anecdotal accounts and impeccable sourcing of information, Gilbert has produced a book that truly lives up to its title.
It covers every battlefront, every nation at war, the fighting itself and the human suffering.
