World Crisis Vol 1

An absorbing history of the outbreak of World War I from a true insiders point of view, the first volume of Sir Winston Churchills five-volume The World Crisis is unsurpassed as both a historical and personal account of the earth-shaking events leading up to World War I. Beginning in 1911, when Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty, this report is based on thousands of his personal letters and memos.

This first volume of Churchills epic series opens with a chilling description of the Agadir Crisis, and provides an in-depth account of naval clashes in the Dardanelles, one of Churchills major military failures. It takes readers from the fierce bloodshed of the Gallipoli campaign to the tragic sinking of the Lusitania and the tide-turning battles of Jutland and Verdun-as well as the USAs entry into the combat theatre. Written in epic, powerful prose, Churchill provides a perspective you wont find anywhere else: a dynamic insiders account of events that would shape the outcome of modern history.