A renowned military historian closely examines the first month of World War I in France. On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families a

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, kill

A week before the outbreak of the First World War, an acute financial crisis surged over London: the Stock Exchange closed; money markets worldwide were paralys