Although separated from the modern reader by a full century, the First World War continues to generate controversy and interest as the great event upon which modern history pivoted. Not only did the war cull the European peoples of some of their best and brightest, it also led to the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman and Russian empires, and paved the way for the Second World War.

This thought-provoking book explores ten alternate scenarios in which the course of the war is changed forever. How would the war have changed had the Germans not attacked France but turned their main thrust against Russia; had the Greeks joined the allies at Gallipoli; or had the British severed the communications of the Ottoman Empire at Alexandretta? What if there was a more decisive outcome at Jutland; if the alternative plans for the Battle of the Somme in 1916 had been put into effect; or if the Americans intervened in 1915, rather 1917?

Expertly written by leading military historians, this is a compelling and credible look at what might have been.

• Front Cover
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Maps
• Contributor Biographies
• Introduction
• 1 Der Tag: The German Decision to Go East in 1914 by Peter G. Tsouras
• 2 Vormarsch! The Breakthrough at Ypres, 1914 by Spencer Jones
• 3 Kitchener of Arabia by Stephen Badsey
• 4 The Queen of Cities Beckons by Peter G. Tsouras
• 5 Germania Delenda Est: America Enters the War, 1915 by Peter G. Tsouras
• 6 Britannia Rules the Waves: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 by Spencer Jones
• 7 The Brusilov Offensive, 1916: Russia’s Glory by Peter G. Tsouras
• 8 The Somme Steamroller by Stuart Mitchell
• 9 ‘From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond’: The Great Allied Tank Offensive of 1917 by Spencer Jones
• 10 German Strategic Raiding, the Murder of David Lloyd George, and the Rise of Lord Northcliffe by James Pugh
• Notes