The War to End All Wars: World War I
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544021711 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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outstanding recap of World War I for young people M. Tanenbaum We all know what World War II was about--even school kids still hear about Hitler, Hiroshima, and Anne Frank--but World War I doesn't have the huge place in popular culture these days that World War II occupies. Yes, we might remember that the war started with the assassination of an Austrian archduke, but what was it all really about?In the opening chapter, Freedman lay. The Anguish of War The War to End All Wars. World War I by Russell FreedmanWar World I was suppose to be the war to end all wars in the world. It was brutal, deadly, and unforgettable. Thousands of lives would be lost for a few feet of territory. Unfortunately World War I was a precursor and a cause of World War II and as we all know the horrors of war continue in the world today.World War. C. Appel said Best book on topic I could find for my 15 year old. I decided to put my son through a homeschool regiment this summer to prepare him for his classes this fall in 10th grade. Just wanted to get his interest up a little. Most areas of US history are easy to find books on, that are appropriate for young adults. World War I is not one of them.So I grabbed on to this one. Glad I did. Very doable material and fantastic photos.
Rising from the mound, pointing skyward and glinting in the sunlight, the tips of the dead soldiers' bayonets can still be seen.It was said at the time that if the war could just once be described in honest and accurate language, people everywhere would demand that the fighting be stopped. The graves are still visited, often by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the men buried there. This was the first global conflict to employ modern weapons--long-range artillery, rapid-fire machine guns, poison gas, flamethrowers, tanks, and airplanes that bombed and strafed--the first war in which modern weapons inflicted mass slaughter, introducing new kinds of terror and record levels of suffering and death. Product Description Nonfiction master Russell Freedman illuminates for young readers the complex and rarely discussed subject of World War I. Called the Great War at first, because of its massive and unprecedented scale, the conflict later was known as
Includes source notes, a bibliography, and an index.. Numerous archival photographs give the often disturbing subject matter a moving visual counterpart. Nonfiction master Russell Freedman illuminates for young readers the complex and rarely discussed subject of World War I. In this clear and authoritative account, the Newbery Medal-winning author shows the ways in which the seeds of a second world war were sown in the first. The tangled relationships and alliances of many nations, the introduction of modern weaponry, and top-level military decisions that resulted in thousands upon thousands of casualties all contributed to the "great war," which people hoped and believed would be the only conflict of its kind