Reviewed by C: A. Beard
New Repub 25:114 D 22 ’20 880w
“Considering the time and the circumstances under which it was composed, Professor Hayes has written a good brief history of the war.”
+ − N Y Evening Post p12 O 23 ’20 850w
“As a book of reference it will be highly useful, for it has an admirable index, abundance of maps and sketches, a good bibliography, and its table of contents, with the titles of chapters and sub-chapters at once suggests the true proportion of the different events of the war. But the breath of life is lacking which would convert these cold recitals into a vivid picture of the war as a whole.” F. V. Greene
+ − N Y Times 25:8 Jl 11 ’20 1900w
“The author’s acquaintance with European politics enabled him to supply the appropriate background for his pictures.”
+ R of Rs 62:112 Jl ’20 100w
“Well adapted for use in the schools. While it does not attain at all times to scientific objectivity of view, it shows a broad and judicial comprehension of events, and is as strong on the military side as the political. The bibliography is very faulty.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p11a Je 20 ’20 280w