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From: prahrens@pttesac.UUCP (Peter Ahrens)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: History of WWI
Summary: S.L.A. Marshall
Keywords: Excellent general survey
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Date: 11 May 89 01:25:47 GMT
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From: prahrens@pttesac.UUCP (Peter Ahrens)

In article <6325@cbnews.ATT.COM> apctrc!gpb6!zcnj01@uunet.UU.NET (Cecil N. Jones) writes:
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>From: apctrc!gpb6!zcnj01@uunet.UU.NET (Cecil N. Jones)
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>In article <6205@cbnews.ATT.COM> chod@security.mitre.org (David A. Chodorow) writes:
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>> Would someone suggest a book or books on the history of WWI?
>> I would prefer books in print.
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>The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman is a good one.

S.L.A. Marshall's history of the war, I believe titled _World War I_,
is very thorough, with good descriptions of the major battles of
all fronts written from the point of view of a military historian.
   It is pretty hefty and still in print.

-Peter Ahrens