A good book on WWI

[reds4ever]

Can someone recommend a good 'all in one' book on World War 1? By 'all in one' I mean causes, political and military movements before, during and after the war, effects after the war, you get the idea....

Nothing too academic (some pictures to colour in would be nice or pehaps a few dot to dots to complete )

[GePap]

A completely non academic, photo filled, yet very informative little book on WWI is

The Experience of World War I, by J.M. Winter
Oxford University Press, 1989
ISBN 0-19-520776-9

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195207769/qid=1112897454/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-3133687-5734566?v=glance&s=books

Its not very new, but in terms of giving you a complete look its great.

[Last Conformist]

You could always try Keegan's The First World War.

[Wezil]

Keegan is good.

I found A.J.P. Taylor's work on the subject good as well. I think it was simply called "The First World War" but it has been many years so I may be wrong....

[reds4ever]

I'm just watching a documentary on the first aircraft carriers used in WW1, you wouldn't believe the footage of some of the landings.....

[Solomwi]

Provoked by a JohnT post, I recently got World War I, by Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall, of the AEF. I've just flipped through it so far, but there are plenty of good maps, and what snippets I've read have been pretty good. That said, Keegan is always a good place to start.

[reds4ever]

The Keegan and Winter books both get good reader reviews on Amazon and the 2 together come to a nice round £20. Bad news is that there is a 4-6 wait time on the Winter book.

Thanks for the help

[alva]

Cool WW1 colour pictures

[Ecthy]

that war was forced upon us by France!

[Zylka]

ANNNNNDY!

[Dr Strangelove]

So when ever someone posts "WW1" Ecthelion will appear?

If you're interested in tha causes of the war and the opening battles Barbara Tuchman's "Guns of August" makes a good read.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Solomwi
Provoked by a JohnT post, I recently got World War I, by Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall, of the AEF. I've just flipped through it so far, but there are plenty of good maps, and what snippets I've read have been pretty good. That said, Keegan is always a good place to start.

It is a good book, but will appeal primarily to Americans as he describes the late war campaigns involving the Americans ( he was an enlisted man back then) in a lot more detail.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Sikander


It is a good book, but will appeal primarily to Americans as he describes the late war campaigns involving the Americans ( he was an enlisted man back then) in a lot more detail.

I've noticed that. It's like the final 1/4-1/3 of the book is devoted to the AEF.

[Ecthy]

Neither the German people nor the emperor ever wanted that war!

[Ecthy]

Dr Strangelove - what would it take to build such a doomsday machine?