From the dustcover

Ten years after the Armistice, it is now possible, and appropriate, to look back on the Great War with historical perspective, and to appraise the character and services of its statesmen. Since November, 1918, conditions and points of view in the various belligerent countries have changed vitally; the great reputations of the war period can now be evaluated in the light of events. This volume contains portraits of the leading statesmen of the war, in which are brilliantly etched the individually and the achievement of each.

William Martin, it is no exaggeration to say, is the one man best equipped to attempt such a task. Since 1924 he has been Foreign Editor of the Journal de Genève and in 1914 was already an acknowledged expert on international affairs. Since then his opportunity to observe and adjudge the progress of world events has been unexampled---the War swirled about him for four years, and, since the formation of the League of Nations, Geneva has been the political center of the world.

An amazing pageant it is that Mr. Martin sets before us in this epochal book ---a study of human contrasts in light and shade against a background of world conflict.