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All good war libraries should stock this magnificent work.

Sir Basil Liddell Hart joined the Army after leaving Cambridge and served in World War I. He evolved several military tactical developments and was an early advocate of airpower and armoured forces. This is the history of World War I. The author also wrote “History of the Second World War”.

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This is a book to keep close at hand and constantly refer to. Because of its single volume there are obviously gaps and unanswered questions but it is the best book I have seen on WW1 and should be part of every students of 20th century history and anyone else who is intelligent enough to ask ; Why?’. Written in an easy-to-understand style without talking down to the reader.

Excellent view on tactics of both sides, giving credit who deserve including German generals and criticizing who deserve. Complete and fair view as military historian of the war. Just needed more maps for a little better understanding of manoeuvres on battlefield.

A classic with all major battles covered in detail and correct sequencing. A great job to put the history of a long-protracted war in so many theatres in one volume. Very interesting reading

Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist. He wrote a series of military histories that proved influential among strategists. Arguing that frontal assault was bound to fail at great cost in lives, as proven in World War I, he recommended the “indirect approach” and reliance on fast-moving armoured formations.

His pre-war publications are known to have influenced German World War II strategy, though he was accused of prompting captured generals to exaggerate his part in the development of blitzkrieg tactics. He also helped promote the Rommel myth and the “clean Wehrmacht” argument for political purposes, when the Cold War necessitated the recruitment of a new West German army.