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for History Buffs, Students, And Anyone Interested In The 20th Century, This Book Reveals Why World War I Began, Explores The Guns Of August, Describes The Horrors Of Trench Warfare And The First Uses Of Poison Gas, And Explains Why The Americans Were So Slow To Enter The War. From The Eastern Front To The West, From Gallipoli To The Marne, From The Lafayette Escadrillo To Lawrence Fo Arabia, The Book Tells The Whole Story Of The War To End All Wars. ISBN-13: 9780028639024 The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War I 2 Copyright 3 Contents at a Glance 5 Contents 8 Foreword 22 Introduction 25 Part 1 The Lamps Go Out 30 Chapter 1 The Great War 32 How Did It Start? 33 Red Pants and Spiked Helmets 37 The Last Man on the Right 39 No Man’s Land 40 The New War 42 Armistice 43 Chapter 2 Family Affairs 46 A Historian Remembers a Funeral 47 Empires 48 Secrets and Lies 50 A Set of Wars 54 Chapter 3 Blueprints for a Bloodletting 58 European Balance Sheet 58 Nations at Arms, 1914 60 Deadly Innovations 63 Spoiling for War 65 Chapter 4 The Black Hand 70 Union or Death 70 The Archduke and His Lady 72 Crime and Punishment 75 The Kaiser Comes Home to a War 77 Part 2 Home Before the Leaves Fall 80 Chapter 5 Battle of the Frontiers 82 “The Guns of August” 83 Bottleneck at Liège 86 The Great Wheel 90 Sambre and Mons 92 “Hardly Satisfactory” 94 Chapter 6 The Marne: Massacre and Miracle 96 The Fortified Camp of Paris 97 Moltke’s Unsure Hand 99 Taxis to the Marne 101 Trenches on the Aisne 104 Ypres 104 From the First 30 Days to the Next 5 Years 105 Chapter 7 The Sun Sets in the East 108 The Myth of the Russian Steamroller 109 Strategy for the Eastern Front 111 A Divided Army 113 The New Commander 118 Chapter 8 A Suicide 120 Prelude to a Russian Tragedy 120 Tannenberg 125 Defeat at the Masurian Lakes 130 Chapter 9 Duel of Doomed Empires 132 Austrian Priorities 132 A New Army Materializes 134 Carpathian Snows 138 The Winter Battle 138 A Breakthrough 140 Chapter 10 The Sick Man and Serbia 144 The Turkish Connection 145 Action in the Caucasus 148 Serbia Resists 148 The Greek Situation 152 Chapter 11 A World War 154 Sea Power 154 Battle at Helgoland Bight 155 The U-Boat War Begins 155 High Seas Fleet Breakout 156 Lusitania Lost! 158 Empires Far Flung 160 German China and the German Pacific 162 The German Genius of East Africa 163 Part 3 We Are the Dead 166 Chapter 12 Deadlock 168 The Technology of Stalemate 169 The New German Strategy 175 Allied Arguments 176 Trench Life 177 Poison Gas 179 Chapter 13 A New Year and No Hope 184 A Crisis of Priorities 185 500 Yards for 50,000 Men 185 Fire from the Sky 188 Woëvre and Ypres 189 Allied Offensives 190 A Changing of the Guard 192 Chapter 14 The Gallipoli Disaster 194 To Break the Deadlock 195 First Landings 200 Second Landing 203 Russia, Hanging 205 Chapter 15 The Other Fronts, 1915 206 Enter Italy 207 The First Battles of Isonzo 209 Death in the Caucasus 210 Genocide 210 The Holy Land and Mesopotamia 211 And Persia 214 Chapter 16 “They Shall Not Pass!” 216 Falkenhayn Writes to the Kaiser 216 To Bleed France White 217 Pétain’s Courage 223 Offensive on the Somme 225 Chapter 17 Italy, the Eastern Front, and Elsewhere, 1916 228 More Battles on the Isonzo 229 An Italian Appeal 230 In the Bird Cage 233 Action on the Turkish Fronts 234 Part 4 Troubled Seas and Fiery Skies 238 Chapter 18 A Tale of Two Fleets 240 The Enemy Below 240 The Jutland Opportunity 243 Jutland: Darkness Falls 249 High Seas Coda 250 Chapter 19 Winged Knights 252 The Air War: First Phase 253 Dogfight! 257 Fighter Tactics 259 Ground Attack 264 Part 5 Doughboys 266 Chapter 20 “He Kept Us Out of War” 268 Staying Neutral 269 America Drifts Toward War 273 The Zimmermann Telegram 274 Applause for a Message of Death 277 Chapter 21 Allies Imperiled 280 Despair on the Western Front 280 Ludendorff’s Move 283 Battle of Arras and the Nivelle Offensive 284 The French Mutinies 285 Flanders Fields 286 A Separate Peace 291 Chapter 22 Over Here and Over There 296 American Resources 296 The Yanks Are Coming! 303 Pershing’s First Fight 307 Chapter 23 The War Beyond the Trenches, 1917–1918 310 The Italian Front 310 Balkan Stalemate 315 On the Turkish Fronts 317 Mesopotamian Campaign 322 Chapter 24 New Blood 324 The Buildup 325 Wilson Makes Fourteen Points 327 The German Offensives 328 Americans in Action 332 Two More German Offensives 334 Chapter 25 Second Marne 338 Turning Point: The Second Battle of the Marne 339 Amiens Offensive 344 Chapter 26 A Million Men and More 348 Against the St.-Mihiel Salient 349 American Eagles 351 Meuse-Argonne Offensive 354 Chapter 27 Eleventh Hour, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Month 360 Storming the Hindenburg Line 361 The Germans Fold 362 A Railway Coach at Compiègne 366 Part 6 Lost Generations 372 Chapter 28 The Tragedy of Versailles 374 After the Armistice 375 Hall of Mirrors 378 War to End All War 381 American Betrayal 383 Finale—or Act I? 385 Chapter 29 Disease, Disillusion, and All That Jazz 386 The Plague of War 387 “Return to Normalcy” 388 The Jazz Age 391 Appendix A Who Was Who in World War I 394 Appendix B Words of War 400 Appendix C Further Reading 410 Index 414 You're no idiot, of course. You know that World War I was the Great War, and you're familiar with its images; muddy trenches, poison gas, and a no-man's land of craters and barbed wire. But when it comes to understanding its causes, why it dragged on for four years, and how it set the stage for World War II, you're lost behind enemy lines. Don't wave the white flag just yet! 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War I' gives you a comprehensive over-view of the first global war, from the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles. In this 'Complete Idiot's Guide', you get: -Broad coverage of the secret treaties and en-tangling alliances that led to war. -Comprehensive analysis of some of history's bloodiest battles, including the Somme, Tannenberg, Gallipoli, and Belleau Wood. -Expert commentary on the development of weapons such as the thank, the dreadnought battleship, poison gas, and the German U-boat. -Valuable insights into the war's influence on this century's political and cultural developments. You're no idiot, of course. You know that World War I was “the Great War,” and you're familiar with its images: muddy trenches, poison gas, and a no–man's–land of craters and barbed wire.But when it comes to understanding its causes, why it dragged on for four years, and how it set the stage for World War II, you're lost behind enemy lines. Don't wave the white flag just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to World War I gives you a comprehensive overview of the first global war, from the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles. In this Complete Idiot's Guide®, you get: • Broad coverage of the secret treaties and en-tangling alliances that led to war • Comprehensive analysis of some of history's bloodiest battles, including the Somme, Tannenburg, Gallipoli, and Belleau Wood • Expert commentary on the development of weapons such as the tank, the dreadnought battleship, poison gas, and the German U-boat • Valuable insights into the war's influence on this century's political and cultural development For history buffs, students, and anyone interested in the 20th century, this book reveals why World War I began, explores the "guns of August," describes the horrors of trench warfare and the first uses of poison gas, and explains why the Americans were so slow to enter the war. From the eastern front to the west, from Gallipoli to the Marne, from the Lafayette Escadrillo to Lawrence of Arabia, the book tells the whole story of "the war to end all wars." Provides coverage of the causes leading to war, famous battles, weapons, and the influence on political and cultural development, and includes biographical information on key figures.