The Frightful First World War

恐怖的歷史系列大多走幽默路線，這本兩次世界大戰的合集少見的較為沉重。不多著墨於列強勢力、戰爭起因與過程等歷史書應該談論的議題，反而從基層軍人和平民的苦難辛酸強調戰爭的殘酷無情與人性的光明黑暗。作者應該是想藉此書在學童心中種下和平種子吧。不要重蹈覆轍。Remember. Never Again.

I loved the Horrible Histories when I was a kid. In fact, I was reading them long past the age they were aimed at. However, coming back to them as an adult what really stands out to me is that Deary doesn't cite any of his sources. I have no idea if any of what he writes in these books is true or where he got his information, so they are pretty useless as educational tools. I guess they are meant to be a jumping off point to get kids interested in history in the first place. All of that sounds very general, but I don't really have anything to say about this book in specific even though I just read it. Sure, some of the stories in it were interesting and I would like to know more, but since I don't know where any of this information came show more from, I can't. Great for kids, don't revisit as an adult. show less

Love "Horrible Histories" series. The series is not meant just for the kids. Adults who have no time to go through dreary tomes and who think Wikipedia is boring, will find the series interesting.