Photographs, newspaper clipping, cartoons and other period images complement concise text describing the various experiences of World War I, from the soldiers who fought on the front lines, all back to the home front. 
 Although the encompassing nature and harsh reality of total war are described, care is taken to keep the text appropriate to students. Overviews of soldier training, soldier transport, trench warfare, battles at sea, emerging air power, nursing, propaganda & patriotism, encouraging each other, perspectives of children, vocabulary changes "mums the word!", "the poppy poem, ideas people held onto, spies & traitors, profiles of returning soldiers and memorials are all discussed. 
 The section on animals in the war is more reflective of modern proclivities than their overall importance to the war itself, and is somewhat melodramatic. "Some of the most upsetting photographs of the First World War are those that show the unbelievable loss of animal life," begins the section full of cute images of horses, pigeons and dogs. Really? No mention is made of the incongruity of the times with these sentiments. 
 Also, the text is aligned over photographs. This appears to be a mistake, but happens several times, making it appear intended. Rather, it just looks like an error. 
 Oddly, while the Armistice is mentioned as occurring, the agreement itself is not discussed. This withholding of information combined with inclusion of the story of a soldier who dies and a soldier who survives, but is broken by his war experience, contributes to a pervasive sense of the nihilism which emerges in the Twentieth Century. It also gives the text a distinctly anti-war bent. Perspectives of a soldier who returned and had success in life/ overcame an injury, an outline of the agreement negotiated and an illusion to the unresolved matters that lead to the next world war would have made the otherwise solid narrative a more comprehensive resource.