A Stillness Heard Round the World: The End of the Great War: November 1918

by Stanley Weintraub

Book Overview

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 will live in history as a great moment--the hour the Armistice went into effect, bringing an end to the First World War. Guns were silenced, and worldwide the great and small alike celebrated the end of 51 months of fighting. In this magnificent book, Stanley Weintraub recreates the days leading up to the armistice and documents the reactions of survivors on both sides of the front.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195052080
• ISBN13: 9780195052084
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A great book about a fascinating time

Though maybe not as well organized as one might like, this book contains much absorbing information on the last days of the First World War. It starts by telling of the False Armistice, then on to the meeting in the Forest, the 72 hours before the signing, the events in Germany, the Kaiser's going to Holland, the signing, the last shots, and the celebrations. There is much poignancy, and little things reduced me to tears. The material is gathered from accounts of people who were there and numerous memoirs and secondary sources. The book also tells of fiction treating the events--for instance, Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford (which I read 7 Sept 1984 and did not like). This book is an enjoyable book to read about a fantastic time: November 1918.