The War to End All Wars : World War I (Hardcover)

from laurakurtz

This informative picture and text book combines the two to explain in detail the origins and life span of WWI, with a focus on the wars place in the history of other wars. There are lots of interesting photographs, and enough text to make this a solid reference book for a school-age research pape...

from DustinB1983

"The War to End All Wars" is a book on World War I for young readers. I increasingly associate Russell Freedman with the word "concise." This book is fittingly succinct for the target audience. Freedman begins the story with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. He get...

from Jmmott

This is an amazingly thorough account of WWI. Freedman addresses the conflict and the impact of the war on all nations involved. The pictures he uses are well sourced and the references list is thorough. The level of scholarship involved in this book make is appropriate for use in a classroom, bu...

from scnelson

Having read an adult account of the beginnings of the Great War, I was interested to see how someone would handle the subject for younger readers, and Freedman does an excellent job with it here. The web of alliances, the rush to war by youth ignorant to its consequences and the failed aftermath ...

from Sullywriter

Superb history as only Russell Freedman can write it.