World War I: The Definitive Visual History: From Sarajevo to Versailles (Hardcover) by R G Grant

from MathMaverick

An excellent book for both reference and reading. An account of the major events, places and players in World War 1. Very typical of a Dorling-Kindersley (DK) book in its use of devoting two facing pages to a topic/theme. Each pair of pages typically contains a main section of text and multiple p...

from RandyStafford

I knew this would be a pretty book. It's a DK product after all. But I was skeptical of the depth of its history. But, after it was recommended by the hardcore students of the war on the Roads to the Great War blog, I took a look. This is a superb, one volume primer on the war, suitable to both s...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

This is a definitive coffee-table book level survey of the war, and doesn't do at all poorly as serious history in the bargain. The book is modular with no narrative continuity beyond the usual format of two-page spreads dealing with various battles, campaigns, technologies, or social and politic...

from MathMaverick

An excellent book for both reference and reading. An account of the major events, places and players in World War 1. Very typical of a Dorling-Kindersley (DK) book in its use of devoting two facing pages to a topic/theme. Each pair of pages typically contains a main section of text and multiple p...

from RandyStafford

I knew this would be a pretty book. It's a DK product after all. But I was skeptical of the depth of its history. But, after it was recommended by the hardcore students of the war on the Roads to the Great War blog, I took a look. This is a superb, one volume primer on the war, suitable to both s...