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World War One: History in an Hour (Unabridged)

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by Rupert Colley (Author), Jonathan Keeble (Narrator)

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Listening Length: 1 hour and 23 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Audible.co.uk Release Date: 2 Aug 2012
Language: English
ASIN: B008RZMUIA

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (148 customer reviews)

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History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of World War One in just one hour. World War One brought with it the world's first experience of Total War, involving all of the world's great powers, polarized between the Triple Entente, led by Britain, France and Russia, and the Central Powers, dominated by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. Around nine million men lost their lives in a conflict that introduced the horrors of trench warfare, machine guns, and toxic gas attacks.

World War One: History In an Hour gives you a clear overview of the road to war, the major turning points and battles, and the key leaders involved, as well as the lasting impact the Great War had on almost every country in the world. World War One: History In an Hour is essential listening for all history lovers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The whole of WW1, not just the trenches 17 Jun 2012

By Bryan Jones

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The History in an Hour series are proving to be very good at concise introductions to individual, large subjects, and so it is with World War One. Most people know a little about the trenches and the horrific slaughter but how many have heard of the devastating Iraq campaign or how many thousands of troops were stationed in Greece doing not a lot except making their presence felt so Greece would stay on the Allies side?

There are brief dips into the war at sea, in the air and how a young Winston Churchill was the prime mover of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. The place were this book excels is right at the beginning as it explains why people wanted Arch Duke Ferdinand dead, how his driver's wrong turn presented the assassin with opportunity and the quick slide into war as countries were drawn in by commitments of mutual defence made in treaties signed long ago.

This is a top flight book which gives you the strategic overview of the war to end all wars, if only that last phrase were true. At the end of the book there is a brief biography of major personalities involved in the war and a chronology of events.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Overview 29 Oct 2012

By M. Dowden HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE

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To be honest I was a bit dubious about this book at first, until I started reading it that is. People of my generation studied World War 1 at school, so have an extensive background into the subject, and also in my case our school did also take us to the Imperial War Museum, which also helped a lot in understanding what it was like to live and fight in the trenches.

This book tries to gather the main points together into something that will take you about an hour to read, also including appendices and photos. All in all this does actually do a great job of this. It shows how the war started and the reasons, as well as the main countries involved. Where else this excels is how it shows things being inter-connected, such as the Easter Uprisings in Ireland, the revolution in Russia, and how such countries as Israel started to be created. Of course this would not be complete if it didn't show the world how it was after the war and some of the reasons for the next World War.

This is ideal for anyone wanting to brush up on the First World War, and I would say that this is excellent for anyone having to study this for history and would be ideal for school children. With an active table of contents and the inclusion of photos obviously a lot of thought has gone into this.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless 24 Nov 2012

By The Emperor TOP 1000 REVIEWER

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This reads like a student essay. It jumps around too much and introduces names and events out of nowhere. The writing style is very poor. It is disjointed and lacks organisation.

I think that the idea of very short history books could work but the execution here fails. I know that this is currently free and that the other books in the series are currently 99p but you would be better off looking at numerous other free ( and legal) resources on the internet.

Even looking up WW1 on Wikipedia would be more rewarding than this book

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good short read

I downloaded this book wanting something to give a s short overview of the main events. It has enabled me to clearly map out some of the main events of World War One. Read more

Published 10 days ago by geoff taylor

4.0 out of 5 stars WW 1 straight to the point

Easy and understandable,most excellent. Clearly explains the conflict and the relationships between the warring factions. Very good explanation of the causes of the war.

Published 16 days ago by Paul E Skone