This book looks at how and why World War I was born out of the longstanding rivalries and feuds between European nations, at home and across their overseas empires, and how the conflict sucked in imperial and colonial troops from around the world. It examines the legacy of the the war, both in terms of the bad things that came out of it, such as the rise of fascism and totalitarian rule, and the good things, including developments in medicine and plastic surgery, enhanced aeroplane technology and advances in suffrage and equality for women.

 

This book is part of a book series called Did Anything Good Come Out Of .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Philip Steele is an experienced author of history books for children.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: The world at war
• 3: How events unfolded
• 4: The war's end and aftermath
• 5: What came out of the war?
• 6: Did the war leave the international community more or less secure?
• 7: The League of Nations: a major step forward
• 8: Economic change
• 9: Health and medicine
• 10: Women and equality
• 11: The Roaring Twenties
• 12: New technologies
• 13: Spin-offs
• 14: The news media
• 15: Popular culture
• 16: Literature and music
• 17: The big questions
• 18: So - did anything good come out of World War I?
• 19: Glossary
• 20: Further information
• 21: Index