Books in the The First World War series

Presents key sections from Hew Strachan's "To Arms". The first half of this book approaches the issues from the perspectives of those who grappled with conflicting priorities and vital national interests. The second considers the responses of their peoples and the so-called 'ideas of 1914'.

"To Arms" is Hew Strachan's study of the opening of the First World War. This volume is the full history of how the war was financed. It resulted in hyper-inflation in the 1920s and, in due course, in New York's displacement of London as the world's money market.

"To Arms" is Hew Strachan's study of the opening of the First World War. The First World War was not just fought in the trenches of the western front. It embraced all of Africa. Embracing the perspectives of the nations who fought there, this is an account of the Great War in Africa.