Eyewitness accounts that provide primary source information about World War I combine with fact boxes and overview analysis to give a comprehensive look at the Great War.

Includes index.

War breaks out in Europe -- The armies mobilize -- Life in the trenches -- Going over the top -- Trying to get home -- Gas attack -- The sinking of the Lusitania -- Gallipoli -- The Christmas truces -- The u-boat campaign -- First day of the Somme -- Medical care -- A new weapon -- On the brink of war -- The doughboys in action -- The air war -- Discipline and punishment -- The home front -- Keeping up morale -- The end of the war.