Illustrations, photographs, and eyewitness accounts provide a historical chronicle of World War I.

"An Equinox book"--T.p. verso. Includes index.

The politician's war -- The war of illusions -- Stalemate and stagnation -- The great slaughter -- Revolution and peace -- The generals' war -- The soldiers' war -- The civilians' war -- The shadow of war -- The immediate aftermath -- The political effects of the war -- The war and global power -- The memory of war -- The war and literature -- The war and graphic arts -- Films of the war.