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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. "The Great War 1914-1918/The First World War" : an excellent, if older, mid-length general history by a participantBy Australian (Brisbane) readerCyril Fall's account of WW1 "The Great World War 1914-1918/The First World War" published in 1959, at about 425pp not exactly a short history but mid length perhaps, is an excellent single volume history of the war that would be suitable for someone after they have read a more up-to-date short history, say by Gary Sheffield, Hew Strachan, Norman Stone, or Spencer Tucker etc. It has the directness and feel of one who participated in this great event himself, which indeed he did. Gary Sheffield in his "A Short History of the First World War" p.188 says it "has a mixture of narrative and analysis that makes it worth reading more than half a century after its original publication", and makes it his third recommendation for a general history after Stevenson and Strachan. This does not mean more modern scholars would agree with all his judgements e.g. on Gallipoli, but that does not detract from its overall merit.

The years 1914 to 1918 saw Europe engaged in a conflict involving a greater area and a greater number of men than history had ever before recorded. In this book, Captain Cyril Falls, known in British academic and governmental circles as an expert in military history, discusses the military side of in the light of its battles, tactics and weapons; its problems of supply and transport; its armies and their commanders. The engagements in the many theaters of war in Europe, Asia and Africa are described in vivid detail, but particular attention is focused on the Western Front, where the principal and decisive battles were fought. Although it was on land that the conclusive victories were achieved, the place of sea power and of the new type of warfare waged in the air is not ignored. The role played by civilian politics is covered as well, particularly in situations where it had direct bearing on the fighting--such as in Sarajevo in 1914 where a spark touched off the Central European powder keg and signaled the beginning of the war; the political considerations which caused the US as well as Romania, Bulgaria, and Italy to enter the war late; and the revolution which caused Russia to leave it early. In telling how World War I was fought and why it developed as it did, Captain Falls decisively refutes the notion that World War I was an interlude of senseless and irresponsible slaughter during which military art stood still. He reminds us that it was a war remarkable for the idealistic spirit in which it was fought. Though the unprecedented, worldwide scale of battle, and the deadlock on the Western Front, taxed the skill of military leadership sorely, the war produced its great leaders: Haig, Allenby, Maude, Jellicoe, Beatty, Joffre, Foch, Petain, Pershing, Liggett, Sims, Falkenhayn, Hindenburg, Hipper, Conrad von Hotzendorf, and Mustapha Kemal. Their achievements as well as the indomitable spirit of the men they commanded are remembered here. About the AuthorCyril Bentham Falls was a military historian noted for his work on the First World War. He was born in and died in Walton-on-Thames, . Falls served in the First World War, reaching the rank of Captain in the . He was on the General Staff for the 36th () Division and 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division. He received the French Croix de Guerre. After the war, he helped write several volumes of the British official . Later he wrote both detailed specialist histories as well as histories intended for the average reader. An expert on the history of the First World War, he was the Chichele Professor of Military History at All Souls, Oxford University from 1946 to 1953.

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