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Article: Revisiting World War I draws new interest. (Bookshelf).
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- National Defense
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- May 1, 2002
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Interest in World War I seems to be on the increase among historians and authors. Labeled as "the War to End All Wars," it brought about the concept of total war. It saw the rise of modern warfare in the form of new and deadly weapons that included poison gas, flame throwers, machine guns, tanks, aircraft, zeppelins and submarines.
World War I was the first of the major 20th Century catastrophes. Never had so many nations taken up arms at the same time and in such a violent manner. It was fought in so many divergent places--from the trenches of Europe, across the seas of the world, into the far reaches of the deserts--that it reshaped the political landscape of ...