World War One: History in an Hour
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.
The ‘Great War’, from July 1914 to November 1918, was without parallel. It brought to an end four dynasties, ignited revolution, and forged new nations. It introduced killing on an unprecedented scale, costing an estimated nine million lives. It was the war that destroyed any notion of romance or chivalry in battle; it pulled in combatants from nations across the globe and shattered them, body and mind.
The War involved all of the world’s great powers – the Central Powers, dominated by Germany and Austria-Hungary; the Triple Entente, lead by Britain, France and Russia; and America. World War One: History in an Hour explains the unprecedented battles on land, sea and in the air and describes the Home Front, espionage, and the politics behind them. This, for the first time in history, was ‘total war’.
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…
Rupert Colley
Rupert Colley was a librarian in Enfield for 22 years until September 2011. A history graduate, he launched the original History In An Hour in 2009 with a website, blog and ‘World War Two In An Hour’ as an iPhone app. He then expanded it to Kindle, iBooks and into the USA with a series of titles, and enlisted new writers by encouraging guest bloggers on the website. History In An Hour was acquired by HarperCollins in 2011.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another NOOK Bargain. As most of you know, I've been reading books about and/or set in World War I all year. When this one popped up for $1, I had to grab it and see if it lived up to it's billing. IT DID.I wish I had had this one when I began my reading back in January. Colley sets out to give us a bare bones, just the facts timeline of who did what when, and what the consequences (albeit very spartan) were. By leaving out footnotes and esoteric discussions of various battle theories, by omitting chapters and books full of historical background, he manages to give us a clear and naked version of THE WAR and the players. The text itself can probably be read in an hour as advertised. It took me almost two hours, mainly because I kept consulting my trusty historical atlas so I could see exactly where and what he was discussing. I also added some minutes to my read by making several electronic notes (I LOVE E-readers for this very capability) of items I wanted to delve more deeply into.It is a great little volume, well worth the limited expense. If it had contained one or two maps, it would have been even better. There are several others in the series that would make good basic introductory reading and fill a need in any library.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just the facts in not much more than an hour. Told me a lot I didn't know.Good read
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A quite adequate overview of the Great War that involved all of Europe and some .of lots of other places. Read while on my first trip to Europe
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a nice little book that gave an non-detailed look at the war, who battled who and how it affected the face of Europe - WWI caused the end of 4 dynasties - Germans(Prussian), Hapsburgs (Austria/Hungary), Ottomans (Turkey), and the Romanovs (Russians). It was also the first war that was fought without "chivalry" where innocent women and children were killed without thought and non-military naval vessels were targeted.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5World War One: History in an Hour can be read in about an hour as claimed. But how well does it cover its topic? I was left with questions. I had little familiarity with World War I when I started the book, so I probably wouldn't notice many factual errors. However, there were enough spelling and typographical/formatting errors to cause me to question the accuracy of the facts presented in the book. I did find one seemingly factual error. In the section of text discussing the execution of Edith Cavell, Albert Zimmermann is referred to as Alfred Zimmermann. In a search for more information about Edith Cavell, I discovered that the Wikipedia article also refers to him as “Alfred” rather than “Albert”. Draw your own conclusions here.The text is arranged topically rather than chronologically. Several times I found myself backtracking in the text to figure out what year something happened, since often the dates provided in the text are only the month and day. While this wasn't the brief introduction to the war I had hoped it would be, I do think the topical arrangement may make it a handy reference source for the additional World War I reading in my plans for the year.