Herbert Curzon, who fumbled a fortuitous early step on the path to glory in the Boer War. 1914 finds him an honourable, decent, brave and wholly unimaginative colonel. Survival through the early slaughters in which so many fellow-officers perished then brings him rapid promotion. By 1916, he commands 100,000 British soldiers, whom he leads through the horrors of the Somme and Passchendaele […
"From 1914 to 1917 American diplomacy was an extension of Woodrow Wilson near Preoccupation with neutrality. In looking back at that critical period, Ross Gregory has focused on the complex events which ultimately led to the failure of Wilson's foreign policy. He carefully examines America's place in the world's economy and the inevitability of involvement, regardless of policy. Wilson himself …
"World War I snapped the social and political bonds that held together the prewar world of the nineteenth century. Like the Reformation and the French Revolution, the war unleashed dynamic forces of change whose repercussions are still shaping the world of our time. THE MEANING OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR provides a concise narrative of the war itself and of the era it brought to a close. Reviewing …