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- Title: Almanac of World War I
- Author : David F. Burg & L. Edward Purcell
- Release Date : January 05, 2004
- Genre: Military,Books,History,Reference,Almanacs & Yearbooks,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 9687 KB
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âA detailed day-by-day account of the warâs events, emphasizing the military dimensions but also touching on politics and diplomacy.â âChoice
Almanac of World War I provides reports of the action on all fronts and of the events surrounding the conflict, from the guns of August 1914 to the November 1918 Armistice and its troubled aftermath. Daily entries, topical descriptions, biographical sketches, maps, and illustrations combine to give a ready and succinct account of what was happening in each of the principal theaters of war. This definitive book on the Great War by David F. Burg and L. Edward Purcellâcoauthors of The World Almanac of the American Revolutionââcaptures the pathos and absurdity of the conflict in a way that few others haveâ (American Reference Books Annual).
âWhereas most accounts of World War I zero in on the muddy trenches of the Western front, Burg and Purcellâs work puts that theater in the context of the larger war.â âTallahassee Democrat
âThere is really nothing comparable to this volume.â âBooklist
âAlmanacs represent the final book(s) needed to complete a collection regarding a particular period in history. David Burg and L. Edward Purcellâs Almanac of World War I is such a book.â âBookLovers
âA useful reference for the Great War.â âPaper Wars
âThis valuable reference book provides a day-by-day account of the First World War, with each entry divided geographically.â âCanadian Military History