Who's Who in World War I

Featuring over 1,000 alphabetically arranged, biographical entries, Who's Who in World War Onebuilds up a complete and vivid picture of the major figures of the Great War. The subjects are drawn not only from the political and military spheres of all thirty-two nations involved, but also from the social and cultural life of the periodThis book's breadth of coverage makes it the definitive biographical guide to the First World War* from the British air ace, Albert Ball, to the German foreign secretary, Richard von Kuhlman* from David Lloyd George to Rasputi* from the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon to the Serbian assassin Trifko Grabez and the Emperor Wilhelm IIEach entry provides biographical data and basic factual information about its subject's role in the Great War, and in the case of major figures there is also an assessment of their reputation in the light of current scholarshipMaps, cross-referencing, a list of military ranks, a guide to further reading and a thorough introduction complete what is at once a comprehensive work of reference and a fascinating overview of a crucial period in twentieth century history.