The History of the World War I
Diplomacy, Trench Warfare, Global Conflict, and the Unsettled Peace That Shaped the Modern WorldBy Various Authors
Length39h 49m
About this audiobook
The History of the World War I presents a broad, synthetic account of the conflict that reshaped the political, social, and cultural order of the modern world. Its subject encompasses the war's complex origins, the alliance system, mobilization, trench warfare, imperial and global dimensions, and the unsettled peace that followed. Written in an expository and documentary style, the volume belongs to the tradition of general histories that make military events intelligible alongside diplomacy, economics, technology, and civilian experience. Its plural authorship suggests an intentionally comprehensive perspective, attentive to the war as both a sequence of campaigns and a historical rupture whose consequences extended far beyond 1918. The designation "Various Authors" places the book within the collaborative historical tradition, in which different scholarly voices contribute specialized knowledge to a unified narrative. Such a work emerges from the broader twentieth-century effort to interpret the First World War not merely as a European confrontation, but as an international crisis involving empires, colonies, national identities, and competing visions of modernity. Its authors are therefore best understood as participating in the continuing reassessment of the war's causes, conduct, and legacy, drawing together perspectives that no single account could fully encompass. This book is recommended to readers seeking a substantial introduction to the First World War and to students who wish to situate battlefield history within its wider intellectual and geopolitical context. Its panoramic scope makes it useful for study, reference, and further research, while its attention to the war's enduring consequences encourages readers to consider why this conflict remains central to modern historical understanding.
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GenreHistory
Length39 hrs 49 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 4, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1World's War Events (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)
26MOUNTAIN WARFARE
2Volume 1
27THE GREAT CHAMPAGNE OFFENSIVE OF 1915
3WHAT CAUSED THE WAR
28THE TRAGEDY OF EDITH CAVELL
4I
29GALLIPOLI ABANDONED
5II
30THE DEATH-SHIP IN THE SKY
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6III
31Volume 2
7IV
32THE BATTLE OF VERDUN
8V
33THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND BANK
9VI
34TAKING THE COL DI LANA
10VII
35THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
11VIII
36RUSSIA'S REFUGEES
12THE DEFENCE OF LIÈGE
37THE TRAGEDY OF RUMANIA
13THE GREAT RETREAT
38SIXTEEN MONTHS A WAR PRISONER
14THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE
39UNDER GERMAN RULE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
15HOW THE FRENCH FOUGHT
40THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN IN TURKEY
16THE RACE FOR THE CHANNEL
41KITCHENER
17THE LAST DITCH IN BELGIUM
42WHY AMERICA BROKE WITH GERMANY
18WHY TURKEY ENTERED THE WAR
43HOW THE WAR CAME TO AMERICA
19THE FALKLAND SEA FIGHT
44THE WAR MESSAGE
20CRUISE OF THE EMDEN
45BRITISH OPERATIONS AT SALONIKI
21CAPTURE OF TSING-TAO
46IN PETROGRAD DURING THE SEVEN DAYS
22GALLIPOLI
47AMERICA'S FIRST SHOT
23GAS: SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES
48GERMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
24THE CANADIANS AT YPRES
49PREPARING FOR WAR
25SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
50THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM
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