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By John Bourne

that includes over 1,000 alphabetically prepared, biographical entries, Who's Who in global warfare One builds up an entire and vibrant photograph of the most important figures of the nice conflict. the topics are drawn not just from the political and armed forces spheres of all thirty-two countries concerned, but additionally from the social and cultural lifetime of the period.
This book's breadth of insurance makes it the definitive biographical advisor to the 1st international War;
* from the British air ace, Albert Ball, to the German international secretary, Richard von Kuhlmann
* from David Lloyd George to Rasputin
* from the British conflict poet Siegfried Sassoon to the Serbian murderer Trifko Grabez and the Emperor Wilhelm II.
Each access presents biographical information and easy authentic information regarding its subject's position within the nice struggle, and in terms of significant figures there's additionally an review in their attractiveness within the gentle of present scholarship.
Maps, cross-referencing, a listing of army ranks, a advisor to additional interpreting and an intensive advent whole what's instantaneously a complete paintings of reference and a desirable assessment of a vital interval in 20th century history.

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