New Methods and Horrors of Warfare

History of the World War

by Francis Andrew MARCH (1863 - 1926)

This is a popular narrative history of the world's greatest war. Written frankly from the viewpoint of the United States and the Allies, it visualizes the bloodiest and most destructive conflict of all the ages from its remote causes to its glorious conclusion and beneficent results.Two ideals have been before us in the preparation of this necessary work. These are simplicity and thoroughness. It is of no avail to describe the greatest of human events if the description is so confused that the reader loses interest. Thoroughness is an historical essential beyond price. So it is that official documents prepared in many instances upon the field of battle, and others taken from the files of the governments at war, are the basis of this work. All that has gone into war making, into the regeneration of the world, are herein set forth with historical particularity. The stark horrors of Belgium, the blighting terrors of chemical warfare, the governmental restrictions placed upon hundreds of millions of civilians, the war sacrifices falling upon all the civilized peoples of earth, are in these pages. (From the Forward)

Listen next episodes of History of the World War:
America Transformed by War , America's Position in Peace and War , America's Transportation Problems , Approaching the Final Stage , Battles in the Air , Behind America's Battle Line , Belgium's Gallant Effort , Bulgaria Deserts Germany , Canada's Part in the Great War , Chateau-Thierry, Field of Glory , China Joins the Fighting Democracies , England and France Strike in the North , General Pershing's Own Story , German Plots and Propaganda in America , Germany's Dying Desperate Effort , Germany's Object Lesson to the United States , Glorious Gallipoli , Health and Happiness of the American Forces , How Food Won the War , How the Balkans Decided , Immortal Verdun , Italy Declares War on Austria , Italy's Terrific Drive , Last Days of the War , Murders and Martyrs , Neuve Chapelle and War in Blood-Soaked Trenches , Peace at Last , President Wilson's Review of the War , Red Revolution in Russia , Redemption of the Holy Land , Ships and the Men Who Made Them , Sinking of the Lusitania , Steadfast South Africa , Summarized Chronology of the War , The Campaign in Mesopotamia , The Central Empires Whine for Peace , The Defeat and Recovery of Italy , The Descent to Bolshevism , The Drastic Terms of Surrender , The Greatest Naval Battle in History , The Pirates of the Under-Seas , The Russian Campaign , The Second Battle of Ypres , The United States Navy in the War , The War by Years , Zeppelin Raids on France and England