Its not often that a book can cover world war i in less than 200 pages, but critic jonathan hunt says russell freedman has succeeded. This book tells the story of wwi, distilling the historical record into an engrossing narrative, and pulling no punches in quoting from contemporary accounts of. It tells the story of world war i for a teenage audience, beginning with the mounting political tensions in europe at the beginning of the 20th century and concluding with the war s legacy, up to world war ii. Any new book by russell freedman is a treat, and this is one of the best books of the year. The war to end all wars by russell freedman the new york times. The war to end all wars by russell freedman scholastic. Nonfiction master russell freedman illuminates for young readers the complex and rarely discussed subject of world war i.
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