Book Review: The Treaty of Versailles
/A new short treatment of the pivotal Treaty of Versailles by one of the greatest working historians of the First World War.
Read MoreA new short treatment of the pivotal Treaty of Versailles by one of the greatest working historians of the First World War.
Read MoreAt the outbreak of the First World War, American writers flocked to Europe and headed for the Western Front in order to find their Muse - and to make some quick cash. A new book follows a handful of these earliest chroniclers
Read MoreThe Ottoman Empire joined the fighting of the First World War deeply misunderstood by both sides; a charismatic new book seeks to clarify the story of that odd meeting of East and West
Read MoreWhen the chaos of the First World War swept over the Middle East, it disrupted patterns of life that had been steady for centuries - and left conflicts that roil still today
Read MoreThe British Expeditionary Force in the First World War has accrued a great many legends over the last century; Peter Hart's new account aims to delete the mythology - and still preserve the heroism
Read MoreAn exemplary new history tells the story of the First World War from the viewpoints of the aggressors
Read MoreThe First World War provided the dark inspiration for an entire generation of great writing, and a big new anthology assembles a stunning variety of that work, from the familiar to the obscure
Read MoreOne of the foremost historians of the First World War offers a comprehensive and brutal overview of the conflict that gave birth to the modern world
Read MoreThe vivid story of the months when the long, slogging stalemate of the First World War exploded into violence
Read MoreA prickly-smart new analysis contends that we too easily simplify the great World War I battle of Verdun
Read MoreA master military historian joins the crowd writing about the outbreak of the First World War
Read MoreA gripping new book examines just what happened in the crucial interval between the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the outbreak of general hostilities - and reaches some unusual conclusions.
Read MoreA new history of World War I looks at twelve fragile moments, twelve turning points when small factors determined very large outcomes
Read MoreA new look at the outbreak of World War I reminds readers of the individual people involved - and presents some intriguing might-have-beens.
Read MoreWhen his brother the king abdicated, shy Prince Bertie suddenly became king - and he was just settling in when the World War II threw his kingdom into chaos. 'A Year with the Windsors' continues.
Read MoreWhen he was Prince of Wales, he was the nation's darling, but when Edward VIII came to the throne, he became the greatest threat the monarchy had ever faced.
Read MoreShe was married to two kings, reigned during the advent of trench warfare and the suppression of suffragettes, and stayed all her life a delightful dinner guest; A Year With the Windsors continues with the fascinating and fastidious Queen Mary.
Read MoreA provocative and fascinating new book challenges what we think we know about the causes and nature of the First World War.
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