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176 p. : ill., maps, ports Table of contents: The Great War

1. Murder in Sarajevo

2. Armed to the teeth

3. To Berlin! To Paris!

4. "The most terrible August in the history of the world"

5. Stalemate

6. The technology of death and destruction

7. Life and death in the trenches

8. Over the top

9. The Battle of Verdun

10. The Battle of the Somme

11. The war at sea

12. Mutiny, revolution, and the collapse of armies

13. "Lafayette, we are here!" : America joins the fight

14. The last offensive and the collapse of empires

15. Losing the peace
Summary:
A narrative history of World War I for young readers that features archival photographs, and describes how advanced military weaponry affected the course of the war