Students of military history love to argue, and John Mosier gives them much to argue about. From armaments and tactics to strategy and politics, he challenges conventional wisdom and forces a rethinking of the war that inaugurated the modern era. --H.W. Brands, author of The First American and TR: The Last Romantic A compelling and novel reassessment of World War I military history. ----Kirkus Reviews Packed with evidence, much of it ingeniously obtained and argued. --Washington Post Ther is much in this book I really admire, not least its brilliant recasting of the traditional military narrative. --Niall Ferguson, author of The Pity of War