The World Wars

The World Wars Series

This series offers a detailed and insightful exploration of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century. It examines not only the military aspects and pivotal battles but also the profound social, political, and cultural impacts these wars had on the world. Emphasizing the human element and complex analysis of events, it provides an authentic portrayal of an era that forever altered modern history.

The First World War

John Keegan

500 pages
18 hours of reading

The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unparalleled ferocity which extended far beyond its European epicentre, it broke the century of relative peace and prosperity which we associate with the Victorian era and unleashed the demons of the twentieth century - pestilence, military destruction and mass death - and also the ideas which continue to shape our world today - modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, and radical ideas about economics and society. It was of course foremost a military conflict, and the battles on land, sea and in the air form the narrative heart of his study, with some fascinating new interpretations of the military events. But the war also acted as a formidable engine for change throughout the world, and this too is revealed in his new book. At its heart, however is the terrible human cost of this unparalleled conflict, the loss which, however vastly extended, remains personal and individual.