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Re:The Legend of Verdun by azernik on Sunday February 21, 2016 @05:08PM (#11146856)
And if you prefer very long and dense text, I'd strongly recommend John Keegan's "The First World War" - similar to your description, it really gets into the human reality of the war with first-hand sources.
Re:The Legend of Verdun by ghaff on Sunday February 21, 2016 @05:49PM (#11147045)
>very long and dense text,

It really isn't by the standards of history books though. It's very readable because it does get into the human reality as opposed to endless facts. It's probably the best single book on WWI that I've come across.