The First World War: 1914 - 1916: Volume 11 (Original Source Series)

This would become known as World War One. But at the time it was never conceived to be global. Modern means offer modern opportunities to the ruling powers of Europe to expand empires, and exert national pride. Weaponry enabling mass killing by single guns, chemical weapons, explosives beyond anything ever imagined before, all ignite initiating the most massive killing Europe would ever know up to that time. The “war to end all wars” would only light the fuse for the more terrible Second World War to come. Now through the original words of leaders, diplomats, soldiers, prime ministers, princes and kings, learn what caused the spark that turned a continent into a conflagration that would kill millions each year it lasted. America’s will is tested in the years 1914-1916 as allies seek assistance and support against Germany. Find all this and more in THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1916, Volume 11 of PowerThink’s Original Source Series. Included Works: • Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser by Franz Joseph • The Willy-Nicky Telegrams by Exchanged Between the Kaiser and the Czar and Others • German Dispatches and the Kaiser's Notes by William II • The Grand Fleet Goes to Sea by Winston Churchill • The Kaiser's Version by William II of Germany • German Admission of Responsibility by Prince Lichnowsky • Delivery of the German Ultimatum to Belgium by Alfred de Bassompierre • The German Ultimatum and the Belgian Reply by The German and Belgian Governments • The Cruise and Destruction of the "Emden" by Hellmuth von Mucke • The "Scrap of Paper" by Sir Edward Goschen • A German Defense of Belgium by William Muehlon • Clemenceau Calls France to Arms by Georges Benjamin Eugene Clemenceau • England on the Brink of War by Sir Edward Grey • King Albert Goes to Parliament by Brand Whitlock • King Albert's Speech to Parliament by King Albert • The Fall of Liege by General Leman • Japan Joins the Allies by The Japanese Government • The Germans Enter Brussels by Richard Harding Davis • Mons—The First British Battle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • The Burning of Louvain by Richard Harding Davis • Sea Fighting Off Heligoland by Sir David Beatty • From the Frontiers to the Marne by Joseph Joffre • The Abandonment of Paris by Official Proclamations • How the "Taxicab Army" Saved Paris by General Clergerie • Where Von Kluck Failed by Louis Madelin • General Joffre's Proclamation to Maunoury's Army by General Clergerie • The Marne by Louis Madelin • Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne by Edward D. Swinton • The First Submarine Blow is Struck by Otto Weddigen • Antwerp Capitulates by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • The First Battle of Ypres by John Buchan • The Sea Fight Off Coronel, Chile by Graf von Spee • The Battle of the Falklands by F. C. Sturdee • Roosevelt Anxiously Warns England by Theodore Roosevelt • The Battle of Dogger Bank by Described by two British Man-of-War's Men and a German Survivor • "Strict Accountability" by Woodrow Wilson • The Capture of Przemysl by Bernard Pares • The Battle of Neuve Chapelle by Count Charles de Souza • The "Lusitania" Sinking by Accounts by an American Survivor and the German U-Boat Commander • Russians Hurled Back on the Dunajec by Bernard Pares • Italy Joins the Allies by Antonio Salandra • President Wilson Protests to Germany by Woodrow Wilson • Britain Fails at Gallipoli by Lord Kitchener • The Execution of Edith Cavell by Rev. H. Stirling Gahan • War with Mexico is Threatened by Robert Lansing • "They Shall Not Pass" at Verdun by Lord Northcliffe • American Intervention Proposed in 1916 by Sir Edward Grey • The Battle of Jutland by Sir David Beatty “This is pure history, without all the filters of contemporary interpretation. These books will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone who wants to better understand where America has come from--and where we should be now.” -Jay A. Parry, author, The Real George Washington