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The conflagration that consumed Europe in August 1914 had been a long time in coming, and yet it need never have happened at all, argues the author. For though the European powers were prepared to accept war as a resolution to the tensions fermenting across the Continent, Germany deliberately chose war over other options on 3 key occasions. Butler interweaves the events of the summer of 1914 with portraits of monarchs, diplomats and other leaders.

Casemate, 2010; 330 pp.; EN; index; hb

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The British Navy's failed attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia in 1915 marked a turning point of WWI. Acclaimed naval military historian Van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged the war for 2 years and brought Britain to the brink of starvation, but also led to the Russian Revolution and contributed to the rapid destabilization of the Middle East.

Overlook, 2009; 226 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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In this major revision of our understanding of Adolf Hitler's life, Thomas Weber paints a group portrait of the List Regiment, Hitler's unit during WWI, to illuminate the story of his military service. Weber refutes the story crafted by Hitler himself, and so challenges the historical argument that WWI provided a crucible for his political development.

Oxford, 2010; 450 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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The diary of the 17th Earl of Derby provides a detailed and important account of the last months of WWI as seen through the eyes of the British Ambassador in Paris. Derby's diary provides important insights into the state of the war, the often strained relationship between Britain and France and the intrigues of French domestic politics.

Liverpool Univ., 2001; 348 pp.; EN; index; pb

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This book tells the story of how after all the setbacks of the previous years, in 1918 the British Army conclusively defeated the German Army. Here is what precisely happened in the final campaign of 1918 - the Battle of the Marne, continuing through the Battle of Amiens, and the breaking of the Hindenburg line.

Cassell, 2008; 284 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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The legacy of the Great War was just as deeply felt as the war itself, and much longer lasting. We Will Remember Them is the story of the soldiers and their families, told in their own words. It describes the dying months of the war, when victory was close. It describes the joys and disappointments of triumph, the shock of homecoming, and the painful readjustment to ordinary civilian life. And it shows how wives and children reacted to their men coming home.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2009; 304 pp.; EN; hb

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On November 30, 1916, the armed freighter Wolf left Kiel and headed for the South Pacific on a 15-month secret mission as a minelayer and commerce raider in WWI. She was responsible for sinking more than 30 Allied ships, yet her captain, Karl Nerger, also took on more than 400 prisoners, among them women and children. As this remarkable history relates, the Germans and their prisoners came to share a common bond, sharing the food and hunted by Allied ships.

Free Press, 2010; 382 pp.; EN; index; hb

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Our tw ent y-eighth president was, says Louis Auchincloss, "the greatest idealist who ever occupied the White House."

Penguin, 2009; 128 pp.; EN; pb

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The importance of Colonel Edward House in 20th-century American foreign policy is enormous, from 1913 to 1919 he served not only as intimate friend and chief political advisor to President Woodrow Wilson but also as national security advisor and senior diplomat. Yet the relationship between House and the president ended in a quarrel at the 1919 Paris peace conference and House has received little sympathetic historical attention since.

Yale, 2006; 335 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; pb

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