The First World War

by Andrew Wrenn

Overview

A range of textbooks covering many of the options available on GCSE history specifications. The Arab-Israeli Conflict is full colour throughout, highly illustrated and include a range of activities to motivate students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521577755
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/30/1997
Series:	Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 4
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	66
Product dimensions:	8.66(w) x 10.87(h) x 0.24(d)
Age Range:	14 - 16 Years

Table of Contents

Origins of the First World War; The two plans; Failure of the Schlieffen Plan; The Western Front; Propaganda; Fighting spirit; Recruitment and resistance; Verdun; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; Stalemate on the Western front; November 1918: the end of the war; Review: The war on the Western Front; The war at sea; Submarine war; The British naval blockade of Germany; The war in the air; Review: The war at sea and in the air; Defending the realm; The war and British women; Review: The Home Front in Britain; The Russian front; The Gallipoli Campaign; The other fronts; Review: The fighting on other fronts.