World War 1: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman

World War 1: A History From Beginning to End Reviews

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  Sumit RK

  The book intends to give a brief summary of the First World War, so I did not expect much going in and to that extent it delivers. However, while this book covers all key battles of the War, it was very poorly put together. The narration keeps moving from the western front to the eastern front to the Middle East abruptly. I also hope, they could have focused more on key Battles of Somme & Verdun. But unfair to except much details in just 50 pages. So, Overall a good read. 2.5/5
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  Muthuanand

  A brief account on World War 1.
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  Tamas Kanti Garai

  A nice book for an overall idea of WWI, but the main problem of this book is that it contains not a single map. Without map, how can one understand the war strategy and everything about tactics. I had to Google some maps for better understanding, and I must say maps should be included in its future editions.
  
  I got a website which will help readers in better understanding this book by 40 maps with some description, I am leaving the link here:
  https://www.vox.com/a/world-war-i-maps
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  Tom

  Got this as a free e-book download, so I figured what the heck, I'll try it. Turns out, it is just about what you'd expect from a 50-page "history" of...well, anything: a list of events. First this happened. Then that happened. Next, this other thing happened. Yes, the events presented are all important aspects of the First World War. And yes, all of these events are laid out in a pretty cohesive chronological order. But they are never covered in any detail; they are seldom put into any kind of context; and there are few if any relationships drawn between even the most significant events. But at 50 pages, there just isn't room for any of that , is there? And I knew that going in, so I can't really judge it too harshly. It is what it purports to be: the Cliff Notes for World War I. You won't learn anything substantive about the war, but if you need a super-quick crash course on the war in general, you could do worse this "history". If nothing else, the passages, brief as they may be, are at least well written.
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  Sudeep

  Great book. Very informative and gives all the important highlights of the war.
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  Troy Parfitt

  The book is free, so thank you to the writer. It reads sort of like a high school textbook, only the view is broader and there are no sources or activities. The story is so interesting, it'd be hard to go wrong, but Mr. Freeman should have gotten an editor. There are several mistakes (for example, the past tense of sink is sank, not sunk) and the style is clunky and mechanical. Some of the chapter titles are dreadful. But if you overlook the writing, the book provides a decent overview of the war. And, as I said, it's free.
  
  Troy Parfitt is the author of Why China Will Never Rule the World and War Torn: Adventures in the Brave New Canada.
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  The Conch

  I want to know about world war 1, and kindle offers me this one free. So, why to waste the chance. The real reason is to win the Goodread challenge;)
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  Young Kim

  A good read: Pr'ett-y en-/ in-form'at-ive/ -if ur'/ wr'itten in same-b'ur/ simple English
  
  It is a good read, pretty informative written in simple English.
  
  However, the biggest reason this book can’t be rated 4- or 5-star one is that there are so many editorial issues found throughout pages: Should have studied more on the author's part, while more prudent work should have been carried out on the editor's part.
  
  (Kindle Ed. p. 48)
  ...A new conflict was about to echo the first, and what had been learned was to be utilized once more in another horrendous war.
  
  Funny: The first phrase is great, but the other's wrong; politically the Second World War (the later round of the 3rd Global War of Powershift and Hegemony) could not be explained without the First World War (the earlier round of the 3rd GWPH), but when it came to the military tactics the second (sequent) one was now a totally different type of warfare. Both the sides used the tactics of blitzkrieg and occupied the vast lands of the opponents for a while, which was totally “opposite” to the ones of the fore/ p're[vi'ous]/ fir[st] conflict.
  
  All-in-all, this book is a well-written one in a clear chronological order of the e-vents/ -winds.
  
  The book’s not complete, but anyway, com-pared to other “con-vent'ion-al” studies of the Great War, which had only focused on the European battle fr'onts, this book is definitely a better one.
  
  Here's the
  full review for you :)
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  Carolina Casas

  The best short intro for WWI
  
  WWI or "the Great War'" was regarded as the war to end all wars but in truth, it was a messy conflict which left the world stunned, disillusioned and paved the way for a new industry and a terrifying conflict which is still engraved in memory. I debated whether I should give it four or five stars since it quickly glossed over the Russian Revolution by not emphasizing on the horrors of the Bolsheviks in contrast to the remarked abuses of the Central Powers and the Entente. But I decided to go with five stars because it was a straightforward and fairly objective breakdown of this global conflict. Furthermore, it emphasizes that to this day, the nature of this conflict and the disenfranchised veterans and survivors of this war were left with a bleak view of reality. This was a war to which its contemporaries didn't find a moral at the end of the story. Moreover, the end created a void that was filled with resentment because of the restrictions placed on the losing side and the number of casualties from all the countries involved.
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  Arunayan Sharma

  Some unknown facts about World War 1 are unfolded through this book. Useful to know at a glance of first World War.
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  Abhijeet Jain

  " Short, quick, boring, pile of date-wise world war 1 stats "
  
  ^ this is what the book is, If you hate too many dates like me, you won't like this book.
  
  
  
  It would have been better if the author had put all the dates at the end of the book, But he didn't, which made this more boring than my academic history books.
  
  Me while reading this book :-
  
  
  
  The only reason to read it is: it's available for free on kindle.
  
  My take: Better watch some World War 1 documentary than to read this collection of dates!
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  Spanishliz

  Attempts to be a brief overview of a complex subject, and in so doing makes numerous errors. (e.g. refers to the Balkans as the Baltics, gets the date of Jutland wrong, calls Dogger Bank "Dodder" Bank, proclaims that all British pilots were called Aces...) Please don't give this to any young people to read, it won't help them with their studies.
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  The F

  Glad that it familiarized me with some battles i didn't know about, but man! It's battle after battle after battle without any break, so it's hard to comprehend what you just read when finished.
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  Carlos Alberto

  Nota: 3/10
  ‘’World War 1: A History From Beginning to End’’ escrito por Henry Freeman traz a história da primeira Guerra Mundial de forma didática, cronológica e objetiva. O autor, nas 50 páginas, condensa de maneira absurda a maioria dos fatos e acontecimentos importante que ocorreram durante o período. O próprio livro já em sua sinopse fala que tentou encaixar os momentos descritos para que o leitor consiga ler e digerir tudo em uma única hora.
  O livro vem de uma série famosa que consiste em nulificar e amenizar acontecimentos que marcaram a cultura, história, sociedade ou que são famosos mundialmente. Isso não quer dizer que sejam de qualidade. Nesse exemplo que estou relatando, todos os acontecimentos são falados superficialmente e de maneira simples. Sem nenhum aprofundamento ou explicação detalhada do autor nas questões sociais importantes que ocorrem e se conectam com o contexto histórico passado e presente. Isso torna o livro simples, básico e rápido de se lido, o que seria o seu objetivo inicial.
  Se você procurar ler um livro sobre a primeira guerra mundial, sugiro que use esse livro como uma introdução, um folhear sobre os grandes acontecimentos, e depois procura outras fontes mais elaboradas e concisas no desenvolvimento. Eu li esse livro com intuito de treinar meu inglês e melhorar a minha leitura nesse idioma, o que foi proveitoso, já que a escrita é acessível e didática.
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  Shubham Kansal

  Word War 1 : A History From Beginning to End
  
  Why I read this book?💯
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  I am always fond of great history events which eventually changed the world and shape the modern age.
  
  World war 1 is one of the greatest events of human mankind that shaped the 21st century. This book is also an only 1 hour read❤️
  
  What you learn from this book?💯
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  This book work as the epitome for the world war 1. It has stated the reason for the starting of war. How six countries formed two major alliances to fight with each other over a piece of land. Millions of people lost their life. How 10000 men were massacred in one lethal atack with in minutes. How Britain's had to face humiliation by Ottomans not once but twice.
  
  🇮🇳Indians were also the part of British led colonial army who fought against Germans alongside them.
  
  Although many lost their lives but many good things happened alongside the catastrophe. Many revolutions were held during that period. Many monarchies fall.
  Word social also got the motion past after the war.
  
  Who should read this book?💯
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  History lovers should read this book.
  One who is preparing for exams can also gain good chunk of information for their history questions. This book is a crash course for the world war 1 history 🤗❤️💯💯
  
  My Ratings ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  One ⭐ for keep it short and simple
  One ⭐ for making it available for free
  One ⭐ for the content
  One ⭐ Henry freeman writing style
  One ❌ because it becomes boring midway.
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  Anitha Ponraj

  Book: World War 1
  Author :Henry freeman
  Pages :43
  Publication :Hourly History (kindle edition)
  
  World War 1 is a really short book about the Great War that spanned over a time period of 4 years from 1914-1918 claiming the life of some many across the globe.
  
  What started as a series of events following the assassination of Hungarian official which no one would have believed to result in a massive catastrophe of events making a dark mark in the history which nobody learned a lesson from.
  
  All for what?
  To expand the borders?
  To gain power?
  
  At the cost of millions of lives which has nothing to do with the bloodthirst of power hunger nations and no real winners but the invention of warfare technologies that is used till to date.
  
  Even though the book doesn't goes in detail about all what happened it highlights the major wars and the turn of events that happened during the World war 1.
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  Lawrence Hung

  The entire history of World War One is cramped into one small little book of only 50 pages, author Henry Freeman did what he is best - summarizing the key events in a chronological order on a year account, starting from 1914 until 1918. It's fruitless and not necessarily compare it to the book of magnum opus, Barbara W. Tuchman 's "Guns of August", which by the way I have not finished reading still. The reading of Freeman's World War I was crisp but thoughtful. It's meant to be read under two hours at most but I took it at a leisurely pace.
  
  The history spanned from the general politics among the European powers, the war plans (Germany's "Schlieffen Plan" and France's "Plan 17"), zepplins' raids over Britain, naval conflicts in the North Sea, to the early battles of Bolimow, Masurian Lake and Neuve Chapelle, siege of Przemysl, chemical warfare during the Battle of Second Ypres, landing at Gallipoli, German U-boat submarine warfare, the battles of Isonzo and Loos, to the culminating and unrelenting bloodshed at the climax battles of Somme and Verdun. The Russian Revolution was a turning page when Tsar Nicolas II abdicated from his throne. While everyone was expecting a Central Powers win led by the Imperial Germany, the tide turned when the "Zimmerman Telegram" revealed Germany's support of Mexico for an attack on the U.S. to reclaim the lost territories. U.S. entered into the war on the side of the Triple Entente. A series of Entente's counteroffensives over Arras, Vimy Ridge, Cambrai, and even the failed but honorable Kerensky Offensive at Gailica, moved the frontlines a few hundred miles back toward German borders. But this war of attritions would finally have taken its toll. Russia wanted to end the war as badly as Germany. A peace treaty was signed in Brest-Litovsk between the two. German war effort and momentum, however, was stopped with the influx of America's aids and offensives on the west. Not soon after the Hundred Days' Offensive, Germany asked for a peace talk.
  
  The book narrates the war events nicely and comprehesively, though some places are rushed to end due to the limited no. of pages. Overall, World War I: A History From Beginning to End is more than introductory reading than most, but leaping over details sometimes where you would have wanted more. Recommended for novice who wants to read more about the war, while at the same time don't want to be overwhelmed by all the platitude and details.
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  Melkor von Moltke

  Essentially a high school paper
  
  The intent of this book is to simply give a brief summary of the First World War, so I did not expect much going in, as I have studied the Great War extensively. However, while this book does a generally acceptable quick overview of the conflict, it is full of annoying errors and clunky language. Most of the errors are miniscule, but they remain consistently there. The most glaring of these is the author's persistent mistake in referring to the Balkans as the Baltic.
  
  Overall, if anyone is looking for a good quick overview of the First World War I word skip this book and go with Norman Stone's book instead.
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  Pete

  World War 1: A History from Beginning to End (2016) by Henry Freeman is a short, 50 page history of WWI. 
  
  The book doesn't contain any great insights but for anyone looking for something more than a wikipedia page but less than the typical five hundred page history it is useful. I certainly learned quite a few things about WWI and will probably go back and read it in future. It's a bit like one of the short introduction to books but it is even shorter.
  
  The book does exactly what it describes and is worth the time required to read it. 
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  Gareth

  Good and detailed
  
  I've read a few different short ww1 books and this one ranks among the best. Although it is short there is a lot of detail involved and sometimes it was like reading through a detailed timeline . My only gripe is when battles are referred to as american and allies, America was part of the allies, why refer to them as their own entity. But that's my just having a moan, its a decent book and whether you're starting to learn about the war from a beginner point of view or are just refreshing your knowledge it is definitely worth a read . Recommended.
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  Omar Taufik

  I got this free Amazon Kindle book in order to gain a better general picture of WW1 since I am more familiar with the Ottoman/Middle Eastern aspects of the war.
  The book was brief but did highlight the Great War at a good high level covering - in general - the main events and battles.
  It gave me more insight of European history and relations of the early twentieth century. Also to my interest, it highlighted some technology related developments that occurred due to the war in the competition of warfare industry.
  A good read.
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  antriksh

  Brevity at its best
  
  This may be terse but a very intense reading. You read this and you will be left with a million questions google won't be able to answer. Brief may be but henry left no stone unturned in explaining how germany single handedly screwed the allied powers for a longer time. Tools of modern war fare catapulted by the millitaries of both allied and central forces created a fearful insight for decades to come not for long though ww2 saw more horrendous millitary equipments.
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  Sruty Zu

  Read as part of history assignment and I think I can not only score on assignment but on class nerdy points lol.
  
  If you need an introduction, not the swallow layered, biased introduction to World War 1 but intellectual inclined, best for the layman with no background and slightly poetic without glorifying war. I Go for it!
  
  Note - It is 43 pages but can take longer if you take breaks in between and - well it is about war and ultimately stupid ergo forgiveness so yeah, please take breaks.
  
  Glad I picked this up!
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  Karthik BS

  Nice book for beginners
  
  What I enjoyed the most is the fact that narration concentrated on mentioning chain of events or battles without going deep into any of those. For large part, it felt like narration was by neutral person and not any one side was glorified or justified for its action.
  But to make things clearer, I would have appreciated if individual events were followed by maps.
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  Victoria Simcox

  Both sides strived to slay countless adversaries. World War One developed into awful combat of slow destruction. Cities were crushed and masses lost all they had. Pursuing vast ransacked badlands, partitions of civilization died. This read is laden with facts including biological armaments, dugout combat, air combat and much more between enemies. A well-written book with intriguing explanations of an unforgettable War.
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  R

  Quick reading with clear and concise details for anybody who wants to understand WWI in a short time. A suitable book to prepare oneself for more detailed study of the war for school or an assignment. Language is simple and suitable for students. No unnecessary details. Mostly information about the war, supply, lives lost, war technology, lands acquired and lost - divided into year-wise sections. Looking forward to more such short books on various historical events.
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  Sathiesh

  This book gives limited knowledge about the WW1. You can finish reading the 50 pages in a single sitting. Conclusion of the book carries a great message. World war 1 has played a vital role in inventions of deadly weapons. A war started for assassination of a couple that took millions of lives. A war can never give victory to any side.