Assigned reading for S&W at the NWC. Wish I could have read this in depth, but I was reading for WWII that same week and was only able to do a very light skim.

From the syllabus: Strachan presents a lucid account of this catastrophic conflict, providing essential background information for evaluating the policies and strategies adopted by Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. He counters traditional perceptions of the strategic deadlock on the Western Front by stressing the novelty of the war’s technology and the operational and strategic challenges faced by leaders on both sides.

Great book. This is a good book if you don't really know how the first world war got started, who the players were, or how it ended. A very good introduction on the war to end all wars ( )

Excellent short treatment of the First World War. Well worth reading ( )

An excellent, concise history of the First World War. It really explains how it wasn't just a European War and more importantly how it wasn't, for all those Powers involved, a needless or futile war, despite the fashionable notion held today that it was. Recommended. ( )

Great book. This is a good book if you don't really know how the first world war got started, who the players were, or how it ended. A very good introduction on the war to end all wars ( )