{"product_id":"2940169832334","title":"World Crisis, The, Vol. 1: 1911¿1914","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first in a five-volume set of essential listening that examines the causes of the Great War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis, the first in Sir Winston Churchill's five-volume history examining the events and context leading up to the outbreak of World War I from a true insider's point of view, is unsurpassed as both a historical and personal account of the earth-shaking events leading up to The Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChurchill's epic series begins in 1911, when Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty, and opens with a chilling description of the Agadir Crisis and an in-depth account of naval clashes in the Dardanelles amp;mdash; one of Churchill's major military failures. It takes listeners from the fierce bloodshed of the Gallipoli campaign to the tragic sinking of the Lusitania and the tide-turning battles of Jutland and Verdun amp;mdash; as well as the USA's entry into the combat theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in powerful prose by a great leader who would also go on to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature, and based on thousands of his own personal letters and memos, \u003ci\u003eThe World Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e provides a perspective you won't find anywhere else: a dynamic insider's account of events that would shape the outcome of modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100549333232,"sku":"2940169832334","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169832334_p0.jpg?v=1769900941","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169832334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}