After you've read each chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Analyze the development of the war in terms of popular opinion and propaganda;
2. Assess the ways in which the war affected women, labor, industry, and military life;
3. Explain the causes of the two Russian Revolutions in 1917;
4. Discuss the reasons behind the terms of the Paris Peace Settlement;
5. Explain how geography affected the shape and outcome of World War I;
6. Describe the impact of the war on Europe's cultural, social, and economic development.