History of the World War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History of the World War, credited to Francis Andrew March; Richard J. Beamish, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of History of the World War by Francis Andrew March; Richard J. Beamish. Read in English by MaryAnn Spiegel. This is a popular narrative history of the world's greatest war. Written frankly from the viewpoint of the United States and the Allies, it visualizes the bloodiest and most destructive conflict of all the ages from its remote causes to its glorious conclusion and beneficent results. Two ideals have been before us in the preparation of this necessary work. These are simplicity and thoroughness. It is of no avail to describe the greatest of human events if the description is so confused that the reader loses interest. Thoroughness is an historical essential beyond price. So it is that official documents prepared in many instances upon the field of battle, and others taken from the files of the governments at war, are the basis of this work. All that has gone into war making, into the regeneration of the world, are herein set forth with historical particularity. The stark horrors of Belgium, the blighting terrors of chemical warfare, the governmental restrictions placed upon hundreds of millions of civilians, the war sacrifices falling upon all the civilized peoples of earth, are in these pages. (From the Forward)

Recording facts

• Recording title: History of the World War
• Author credits: Francis Andrew March; Richard J. Beamish
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 60
• Listed recording duration: 23:30:13

Catalogue topics

• World War I
• WWI
• Great War

Opening tracks: first 24 of 60

1. 01 - A War for International Freedom — 26:15
2. 02 - The World Suddenly Turned Upside Down — 17:38
3. 03 - Why the World Went to War — 15:27
4. 04 - The Plotter Behind the Scenes — 35:20
5. 05 - The Great War Begins — 30:34
6. 06 - The Trail of the Beast in Belgium — 36:07
7. 07 - The First Battle of the Marne — 17:17
8. 08 - Japan in the War — 11:35
9. 09 - Campaign in the East — 26:10
10. 10 - Struggle for Supremacy on the Sea — 38:49
11. 11 - The Sublime Porte — 35:34
12. 12 - Rescue of the Starving — 38:58
13. 13 - Britinnia Rules the Waves — 31:04
14. 14 - New Methods and Horrors of Warfare — 24:58
15. 15 - German Plots and Propaganda in America — 31:02
16. 16 - Sinking of the Lusitania — 35:57
17. 17 - Neuve Chapelle and War in Blood-Soaked Trenches — 23:49
18. 18 - Steadfast South Africa — 16:31
19. 19 - Italy Declares War on Austria — 27:31
20. 20 - Glorious Gallipoli — 18:15
21. 21 - The Greatest Naval Battle in History — 31:30
22. 22 - The Russian Campaign — 38:56
23. 23 - How the Balkans Decided — 41:21
24. 24 - The Campaign in Mesopotamia — 20:43

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