Writing in 1915, Hilaire Belloc sets out to explain the war to the general reader: the German aim and the role of Prussia and Austria, the immediate occasion of the conflict, the geography and strength of the opposing forces and their rival theories of war. He then follows the first operations at Metz, Lemberg and Tannenberg, with sketch maps.
A contemporary analysis by one of the most widely read British commentators on the war. Download the free EPUB.