The war to end all wars : World War I /

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by Freedman, Russell.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Clarion Books, (Boston [Mass.] :) Physical details: 176 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918. Year : 2010 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Charlottetown Rural High School 940.3 FRE Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-168) and index.

Murder in Sarajevo -- Armed to the teeth -- To Berlin! To Paris! -- "The most terrible August in the history of the world" -- Stalemate -- The technology of death and destruction -- Life and death in the trenches -- Over the top -- The Battle of Verdun -- The Battle of the Somme -- The war at sea -- Mutiny, revolution, and the collapse of armies -- "Lafayette, we are here!" America joins the fight -- The last offensive and the collapse of empires -- Losing the peace.

"Examines World War I, the first global war in which modern weapons inflicted mass slaughter and an estimated 20 million people were killed."--Amazon.com.

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