World War I

For all the recently revived interest in the 1914-18 war, says Neiberg (U. of Southern Mississippi) most people understand it only from the perspective of the western front. His selection of 28 articles from history journals of the 1980s and 1990s offers equal coverage to the eastern, home, western, and other fronts. A sampling of topics shows the German army in Russia, racial violence in France during The Great War, the Battle of the Somme and British strategy, and Nigerian veterans as catalysts of change in the rise of African nationalism. Only names are indexed. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR