"The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill's literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades. At once a history and a first-hand account of Churchill's own involvement in the war, The World Crisis remains a compelling account of the conflict and its importance." -- Summary from Amazon.com.

[Volume I] :1911-1914. The vials of wrath -- Milestones to Armageddon -- The crisis of Agadir -- At the admiralty -- The North Sea front -- Ireland and the European balance -- The crisis -- The mobilization of the Navy -- War: the passage of the Army -- The invasion of France -- The Marne -- The war at sea -- Antwerp and the channel ports -- Lord Fisher -- Coronel and the Falklands -- The bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool -- Turkey and the Balkans -- [volume II] : 1915. The deadlock in the West -- The origin of tanks and smoke -- The choice -- The action of the Dogger Bank, January 24 -- Second thoughts and final decision -- The genesis of the military attack -- Fall of the outer forts and the second Greek offer -- The new resolve -- The eighteenth of March -- Admiral de Robeck's change of plan -- The first defeat of the U-boats -- The increasing tension -- The battle of the beaches -- After the landing -- The fall of the government -- The darkening scene -- The battle of Suvla Bay -- The ruin of the Balkans -- The abandonment of the Dardanelles -- The consequence of 1915 -- [volume III] : 1916-1918 volume I. The high command -- The blood test -- Falkenhayn's choice -- Verdun -- Jutland : the preliminaries -- Jutland : the encounter -- The battle of the Somme -- The Roumanian disaster -- The intervention of the United States -- A political interlude -- General Nivelle's experiment -- [volume IV] : 1916-1918 volume II. At the Ministry of Munitions -- The munitions budget -- The Autumn struggle -- Britain conquers the U-boats -- The German concentration in the West -- The twenty-first of March -- The climax -- The surprise of the Chemin des Dames -- The unfought campaign -- The turn of the tide -- The Teutonic collapse -- Victory -- [volume V] The aftermath. The broken spell -- Demos -- Demobilisation -- Russia forlorn -- Intervention -- The fourteen points -- The peace conference -- The League of Nations -- The unfinished task -- The triumvirate -- The peace treaties -- The Russian Civil War -- The miracle of the Vistula -- The Irish spectre -- The Irish settlement -- The rise of the Irish free state -- Turkey alive -- Greek tragedy -- Chanak -- The end of the world crisis.