<p>Famously referred to by US president Woodrow Wilson as “the war to end all wars,” the first world war eclipsed all previous wars with its scale of destruction—an estimated 10 million men lost their lives in battle and another 20 million were wounded. With over twenty-seven nations involved, the battle-field horrors and political outcomes of the first truly global military conflict had repercussions that are still felt today.<br><br>NPR presents a vivid portrait of what most experts consider the first modern war, including profiles of America’s flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, unlikely savior of war-torn Belgium Herbert Hoover, and the last surviving doughboy Frank Buckles.<br><br>Stories include:<ul class="disc"><li>Stumbling into World War I, Like ‘Sleepwalkers’</li><li>A Race Against Time to Find WWI’s Last ‘Doughboys’</li><li>Artists’ Masks Hid Wounds of World War I Soldiers</li><li>Diary Provides Black Soldier’s View of WWI</li><li>New Clues In Lusitania’s Sinking</li><li>WWI: The Battle That Split Europe, and Families</li><li>11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour</li></ul></p>