AMERICA AT WAR WORLD WAR I

A four-year war, running from 1914 to 1918, World War I left 10 million people dead, 21 million people wounded, and nearly 8 million missing or imprisoned. While it was neither the biggest nor the most deadly war in history, this war, sometimes referred to as the Great War, is still being researched and written about nearly 100 years later. Beyond the 39 million people directly aff ected by this epic struggle, empires were toppled, revolutions incited, and the seeds of another global war sewn. The eff ects of the Great War were felt far and wide and lasted years after the fi ghting had stopped. Some scholars argue that these eff ects—notably what Germans viewed as the fi nancially punitive aspects of the Versailles Treaty—led to the beginnings of World War II. Within the pages of this book, readers will fi nd a robust scholarship surrounding the roots of World War I, the strategic battles and alliances, the key political and military leaders, the all-important introduction of technology onto the battlefi eld, and the geopolitical ramifi cations of the Great War.