World War I: An Outline History
- Creator
- Baldwin, Hanson W., 1903-1991
- When
- WWI
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Published in
- New York
- Publication Year
- 1962
- # of pages
- 181
- Edition
- First Edition
- Status
- In collection
- license
In copyright. All Rights Reserved.
From the dust cover
[...] With the perspective of years, and out of his profound knowledge of military affairs, Hanson Baldwin has written the first comprehensive outline history of the Great War. While the accounts are brief, the book covers evrey aspect of the war, from the initial invasion of France and Belgium through the complex maneuvers on the Eastern Europe Front, to the campaigns in Gallipoli and the Middle East, the stalemates in Italy and in the trenches in France, and the war at sea. [...]
Book review - The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 35, Number 1, March 1963
[...]
It is the purpose of Hanson W. Baldwin, distinguished military analyst for the New York Times, to present a consise history of World War I. He has succeeded very well, indeed [...]
Baldwin's book is outstanding in two respects. He writes superbly on the military and naval aspects of the war. His narratives of the various campaigns are concise and accurate. Second, as was to be expected, he presents his material in the lean, muscular prose of a first-rate reporter. The book is eminently readable.
[...]
Louis L. Snyder, City College of New York