Immensely readable and informative ... belongs in the possession of anyone interested in what the greatest British military thinker of this century has to say Soldier Liddell Hart makes the complicated scene intelligible to the reader with the minimum of effort, and yet incorporates an apt and telling comments at every turn The Times Literary Supplement The outstanding military historian Sunday Express Scrupulously accurate, brilliantly lucid British Army Review Brilliant ... the best one-volume history of the First World War ever likely to be wriiten Naval Review It was always his special talent to be able to express military situations in telling and limpid phrases which would stick in the reader's mind Daily Telegraph Remarkable for its clarity and objectivity ... it remains outstanding: for those familiar with its subject, illuminating and thought-provoking; for those new to it and wishing to know what happened in World War I, the best place to begin Western Mail
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