The Historical Atlas of World War I

by Anthony Livesey, H.P. Willmott

Double-page maps with annotated overlays, along with insert maps, photographs, detailed narrative, and eyewitness accounts from personal records explain the Great War battle by battle, and illuminate the global politics behind it. 10,000 first printing.

Genres: History, World War I, Nonfiction, Military History

192 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994

About the author

Anthony David Dermot Livesey was educated at Hill Place Preparatory School and All Hallows School, Rousdon. After National Service when he was commissioned, he went to RADA, where he won the silver medal, but he decided against acting in favour of freelance writing. He was assistant editor of Art & Artists from 1966 to 1970 and wrote on art subjects for The Spectator. He also edited and contributed to A Treasury of World Antiques which was published in 1980.

Reviews

[Laura Anne]

I began reading several books about World War One last year but each book focused on information I wasn’t actually looking for. That is until I found this historical atlas of World War One. It touched slightly on all of the battles that took place between 1914 and 1918 and gave me a great overall picture of what each army was experiencing in battle. I’m glad I found this book but it is so overdue from the library that I have a feeling they may issue a warrant for my arrest.

[Frank]

I found this book very informative but have a few complaints. Many of the maps lacked orientation arrows which was incredibly frustrating because the authors were not at all shy about orienting a map in whatever direction they seemed to thing appropriate. Also, It was often difficult for me to place the maps in the larger context of the theater. Still the textual content exceeded my expectations by a lot.

[Jimmy]

It does a good job covering the major campaigns of the war, although there were a few parts that I wished he would have covered with more than one map (for example, the eleven Isonzo battles, fought over the space of two years, were shown on a single map, and only the first four were mentioned in the text).