Authors represented: Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Conrad, Edith Wharton, "Sake", Erich Maria Remarque, C.E. Montague, Liam O'Flaherty and more. Forty-four stories. When the Great War broke out in August 1914 most people thought it would be over by Christmas. Instead, it dragged on for four years, left over 18 million dead and changed the nature of war forever, and the world. These stories is a unique eyewitness insight into the 'war to end war.' London, England: Octopus Books, Ltd. 1994. 6in x 8.5in tall; 703pp.Authors represented: Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Conrad, Edith Wharton, "Sake", Erich Maria Remarque, C.E. Montague, Liam O'Flaherty and more. Forty-four stories. When the Great War broke out in August 1914 most people thought it would be over by Christmas. Instead, it dragged on for four years, left over 18 million dead and changed the nature of war forever, and the world. These stories is a unique eyewitness insight into the 'war to end war.' London, England: Octopus Books, Ltd. 1994. 6in x 8.5in tall; 703pp.