The Great War

With a new introduction by John Terraine. In this new edition of his classic text on the First World War, distinguished military historian Correlli Barnett vividly illuminates the complex story of the First World War, a war that left millions dead and changed the face of the Europe forever. Drawing on accounts of ordinary soldiers as well as primary sources, Correlli Barnett tells the story of the war from the causes of the war through the long, bitter years of stalemate on the Western Front to the compromise peace in 1918. He follows the campaign through all theatres of war - land, air, sea - from the trenches to the strength of the civilians on the Home Front. Timed to coincide with the much-anticipated retransmission of the magnificent 26-part television series narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave, The Great War has been updated with new forewords by the series writers and historians Correlli Barnett and John Terraine to include the most recent scholarship on the First World War. 'The Great War...essentially invented the historical documentary. It is staggering, stunning, mesmerising. This is the measure not just for history on television, but for all factual programmes.' A.A Gill 'A miracle of elegant compression' Alex Danchev, editor of the war diaries of Lord Alanbrooke 'Barnett's classic deals with all aspects of the First World War, from its causes to the eventual uneasy settlement, in the author's lucid and engrossing style.' Good Book Guide