One of the first editions to encapsulate the war to end all wars. With over 10 million dead and another twenty million wounded, World War I is more than just horrific numbers. Born of this conflict were tanks, flame throwers, and poison gas. Cavalry became obsolete and air combat and submarine warfare became a new norm. The entire world came together to fight and the entire world has never been the same.

Editor in charge: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.; managing editor: Joseph L. Gardner. Includes index.

Prologue :Farewell to an age / Edmund Stillman -- When the lights went out -- Appointment at the Marne -- Guns East -- Seeds of stalemate -- The pictorial document : Mirage of glory : 1914 -- Spreading conflict -- Deadlock -- The pictorial document : World at war : 1915 -- Ordeal of nations -- The pictorial document : Attrition : 1916 -- Crisis in the Allied camp -- Waiting for America -- Exit Russia -- The pictorial document : Critical year ; 1917 -- New storm in the West -- Enter the Yanks -- Turning the tide -- The pictorial document : New blood : 1918 -- Eleventh hour -- The pictorial document : Road to victory : 1918 -- Versailles.