World War I

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Summary: Excellent view of WWI
Review: Beautifully illustrated, and well written. The first chapter called "the Road to War" takes you from 1878 to 1914 and describes the tensions in Europe that lead to war. The rest of the book covers 1914 through 1923. It describes the war on all fronts including what was happening in the Middle East and Russia. The photos are stunning and include pictures of a line of Mark V tanks, the evolution of the machine gun, Russian soldiers caught in barbed wire, etc. Many maps are included showing troop movements and battles. I didn't notice any of the typos mentioned by the previous reviewer. This is a great book for anyone wanting an complete overview of World War I and I highly recommend it.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent view of WWI
Review: Beautifully illustrated, and well written. The first chapter called "the Road to War" takes you from 1878 to 1914 and describes the tensions in Europe that lead to war. The rest of the book covers 1914 through 1923. It describes the war on all fronts including what was happening in the Middle East and Russia. The photos are stunning and include pictures of a line of Mark V tanks, the evolution of the machine gun, Russian soldiers caught in barbed wire, etc. Many maps are included showing troop movements and battles. I didn't notice any of the typos mentioned by the previous reviewer. This is a great book for anyone wanting an complete overview of World War I and I highly recommend it.

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Summary: Rich graphics, great sweep, but no proofreading.
Review: Great graphics and excellent photographs. A comprehensive view of the war including all theatres. But too many typos and careless mistakes in the text make one wonder what errors one is missing.

Rating:
Summary: Rich graphics, great sweep, but no proofreading.
Review: Great graphics and excellent photographs. A comprehensive view of the war including all theatres. But too many typos and careless mistakes in the text make one wonder what errors one is missing.

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Summary: Too much flash
Review: If you are looking to fork $60.00 for photos thats great, however there are serious flaws in the editing of this mammoth book. Photo captions are wrong eg. pg 4 "British army in a trench January 1914"!!! They wear helmets introduced in late 1915, early 1916! The war wasn't on in January 1914!
Several pictures discribing uniforms and equipments are wrong. Here again British Army 1914 section shows a grenade and ammo vest as a "knapsack". There are several spelling mistakes throughout the text aswell. Perhaps one of the most glaring errors, is the battle of Tannenburg maps. Russan first army is to the south and the 2nd army to the north positions switched in the 2nd map. The first and 3rd maps show correct positions. TOO LITTLE INFO on some areas and too much in others. H.P. Willmont is an excellent historian. However this book tries to get through on Flash and style and little to any on substance. Most of these annoyances could have been proofed better. Save your cash if you want a good WW1 history book and good photos and maps buy Cassells WW1 by Robin Prior. A far better read, and or John Keegans' The First World War.

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Summary: Excellent Visual Companion to WWI
Review: With all due respect to the man from BC, Columbia, this is an excellent book. If you are a visual person you will love this book. It is full of photos, maps, personal histories and letters. Yes, he is correct, there are some errors present, but nothing so significant that it takes away from this wonderful book.

The price on Amazon is only $27, not $60, so go ahead put it on your wish list, it really is a great book!