Almanac of World War I

by David F. Burg, L. Edward Purcell

The coauthors of The World Almanac of the American Revolution fast-forward to the 20th century in this illustrated reference on "The Great War." They depict the first modern war in a chronology from 1914-1918. Includes maps, topical sidebars, and biographical sketches to illuminate each nation's involvement and the action on all battle fronts. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[John Mendez]

Let me start out by saying that I skimmed this book. It is a dense textbook. It is not nonfiction, but a true history book with day by day updates of what's going on all around the world. As a result it's very hard to read. This is a reference book in the most classic sense: you refer to this book when you are writing a paper or studying a particular aspect of the war.
Was this book good? Yes, yes it was. If I had a goal in my research about the first world war I would have studied those particular dates in this book. But if you are like me and are just learning more about the war in general, then this is not a book for you. There is no commentary, no context, just an unbridled series of facts.
Stay sunny!

[Boyd]

Good Resource

I find this outline interesting. At times, each entry leads me down a different path. I recall putting the book down repeatedly to research a topic discussed. By the end of the book, I had a complete review of The Great War.

I gave only four stars because there are quite a few typos in this Kindle edition. I do not know how it works, and it has happened in a number of my Kindle books, but really terrible editing in regards to typos.

In my opinion, it is really annoying as I cannot recall as many errors in paper books, regarding the hundreds of those I’ve read in my lifetime. Product should’ve comparable.

I still recommend this book.