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Article: The First World War: The Western Front, 1914-1916
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The First World War: The Western Front, 1914-1916 by Peter Simkins. Osprey Publishing (http:// www.ospreypublishing.com), Elms Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford OX2 9LP, 2002, 95 pages, $14.95.
This book, number 14 in Osprey Publishing's Essential Histories series, is the first of two volumes on the western front in World War I. The author, Peter Simkins, is a historian and professor with nearly 40 years' experience at England's Imperial War Museum and the University of Birmingham. The editor, Prof. Robert O'Neill, is an equally qualified historian, author, and educator.
This short volume will prove useful to anyone unfamiliar with World War I. It leads off with a chronology that provides ...