White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian by Jamie Bisher ISBN: 0714656909
Published by Routledge on February 1st 2005
Pages: 452
Len's Summary: Built around the biography of Cossack warlord and Ataman Grigori Semenov this book examines conflicts involving a host of characters including the Soviet Red Army, the American and Japanese Armies and the Czech Legion.
The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in The Operational Level of War
The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in The Operational Level of War by David T. Zabecki ISBN: 9780415356008
Published by Routledge on July 25th 2006
Genres: Military, Strategy
Pages: 408
Len's Summary: An analytical look by a premier military historian drawing on many German sources to explain why Ludendorff's spring 1918 offensives failed to cause Entente collapse and achieve German victory. Includes extensive maps and many useful tables showing orders of battle, comparative troop strengths, reserves, numbers of guns, trench mortars and aero squadrons. Author of Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmüller and the Birth of Modern Artillery (Greenwood, 1994). Recommended.
Royal Navy Handbook, 1914–1918
Royal Navy Handbook, 1914–1918 by David Wragg ISBN: 0750942037
Published by The History Press on August 1st 2006
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: How the RN adapted to WWI. The author has written several books on naval warfare, including naval aviation.
The Millionaires’ Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power
The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power by Marc Wortman ISBN: 9781586484446
Published by PublicAffairs on May 8th 2007
Genres: Military, United States, Aviation
Pages: 313
Len's Summary: Like the author, many of these flyboys were graduates of Yale.
Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of WWI
Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of WWI by Todd A. Woofenden ISBN: 9780978919207
Published by Signal Light Books on 2006
Pages: 218
Len's Summary: The history of the operations of US Navy 110-foot wooden submarine chasers in European waters. Available from the publisher at www.signallightbooks.com.
Hell in the Holy Land: World War 1 in the Middle East
Hell in the Holy Land: World War 1 in the Middle East by David R. Woodward ISBN: 9780813146744
Published by University Press of Kentucky on December 6th 2013
Genres: Great Britain, Middle East, Military
Pages: 280
Len's Summary: Being published in the UK by Tempus under the title Forgotten Soldiers of the First World War. Dr. Woodward teaches modern European and Russian History at Marshall University and has written several other monographs on WWI. He spoke at our WFA seminar at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton in 1997, and is a member of the panel awarding the Annual WFA-Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate Essay Prize.
Remembering War: The Great War between Memory and History in the 20th Century
Remembering War: The Great War between Memory and History in the 20th Century by J. M. Winter ISBN: 9780300110685
Published by Yale University Press on 2006
Genres: Military, Social History, Great Britain
Pages: 340
Len's Summary: Another in a series of social histories by prolific social historian Jay Winter about how war is remembered in Great Britain.
Battles on the Tigris: The Mesopotamian Campaign in the First World War
Battles on the Tigris: The Mesopotamian Campaign in the First World War by Ron Wilcox ISBN: 1844154300
Published by Pen & Sword Books on July 1st 2006
Pages: 245
Len's Summary: A new history of a campaign with modest aims, and often inept political and military execution.
Uniforms, Equipment and Weapons of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
Uniforms, Equipment and Weapons of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I by Bret Werner ISBN: 0764324314
on March 30th 2006
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Color plates of both original and replica uniforms, headgear and personal and specialist equipment; small arms, medals, decorations, insignia, and implements, including nurses' and women volunteers' (Salvation Army, Red Cross) uniforms.
Haller’s Polish Army in France
Haller's Polish Army in France by Paul S. Valasek ISBN: 0977975703
Published by Whitehall Publishing on January 1st 2006
Pages: 432
Len's Summary: The author's grandfather served with this force in France along with some 1,600 recruits from the southwest Pennsylvania. Order from the author 2643 51st Street, Chicago, IL 90632-1159, e-mail hallersarmy@aol.com.
Boy Soldiers of the Great War
Boy Soldiers of the Great War by Richard Van Emden ISBN: 9781408824726
Published by A&C Black on February 12th 2013
Genres: Military, Great Britain
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: The experiences of a handful of the hundreds of thousands of underage men and women who served in British forces during WWI written by a veteran historian and author of previous memorializing BEF veterans.
The New Navy, 1883-1922 (The U.S. Navy Warship Series)
The New Navy, 1883-1922 (The U.S. Navy Warship Series) by Paul Silverstone ISBN: 9781135865436
Published by Routledge on May 13th 2013
Genres: Military, Naval, United States
Pages: 296
Len's Summary: Covers naval ships authorized and commissioned beginning with the ABCD ships of 1883 to the never-completed 1916 naval construction program through the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference of 1921-22. . The entire set of six volumes covering ships of 1775 though 2005 is available for $395.
Madness and the Military: Australia’s Experience of the Great War
Madness and the Military: Australia's Experience of the Great War by Michael Tyquin ISBN: 9781876439897
Published by Australian Military History Publications on January 1st 2006
Pages: 180
Len's Summary: The author examines the often uneasy relationship between the Australian military and the medical establishment in treating shell shock.
Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898-1920
Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898-1920 by David Traxel ISBN: 0375410783
Published by Knopf on December 18th 2007
Pages: 432
Len's Summary: A portrait of America at the turn of the 20th century, the height of the Progressive Era and of the expansive and reformist leadership of Roosevelt and Wilson at home and overseas. Available from the History Book Club for $22.00.
Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion
Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion by Charles Townshend ISBN: 1566639654
Published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher on August 26th 2011
Genres: Great Britain, Ireland
Pages: 442
Len's Summary: Draws on eyewitness accounts recently released by the Irish government. Billed by Atlantic as "a dispassionate and definitive reconstruction carefully shifting legend from fact."
The United States Army Second Division Northwest of Chateau Thierry in World War I
The United States Army Second Division Northwest of Chateau Thierry in World War I by John W. Thomason, George B. Clark ISBN: 0786425237
Published by McFarland & Company on July 1st 2006
Pages: 245
Len's Summary: Written as an official history in 1927 by Marine Captain, author and artist John Thomason (Fix Bayonets!), who served in combat with the division's Fourth Marine Brigade. Thomason left the project incomplete after discovering unflattering facts about combat decisions taken by divisional officers. Includes original illustrations prepared by Thomason and a brief biographical sketches of the author and of the division written by the editor, George Clark, himself a Marine and published author who is a WFA member.
Battle of Britain 1917: The First Heavy Bomber Raids on England
Battle of Britain 1917 - The First Heavy Bomber Raids on England by Jonathan Sutherland ISBN: 9781844153459
on June 19th 2006
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: A useful summary without maps of Gotha and Giant bomber raids on the UK.
They Fought for the Motherland: Russia’s Women Soldiers in World War I and the Revolution
They Fought for the Motherland: Russia's Women Soldiers in World War I and the Revolution by Laurie Stoff ISBN: 9780700614851
Published by University Press of Kansas on November 15th 2006
Genres: Military, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 294
Crisis at Sea: The United States Navy in European Waters in World War I
Crisis at Sea: The United States Navy in European Waters in World War I by William N. Still Jr. ISBN: 0813029872
Published by University Press of Florida on January 28th 2007
Pages: 768
Len's Summary: A wide-ranging account, the first in many years, of the deployment, battles, tactics, logistics, policies and shipbuilding programs of the U. S. Navy at war, 1917-1918.
No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War
No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War by Timothy J. Stapleton ISBN: 9780889204980
Published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press on April 21st 2006
Genres: Africa, Military, Social Science
Pages: 188
Len's Summary: A rare look at African participation in The Great War.
German Battlecruisers, 1914-1918
German Battlecruisers, 1914-1918 by Gary Staff ISBN: 9781846030093
Published by Osprey Publishing on June 7th 2006
Genres: Military, Germany, Naval
Pages: 48
Len's Summary: Individual ship histories and brief analysis of their engagements.
George Browne: An American Soldier in World War I
George Browne: An American Soldier in World War I by George Browne, David L. Snead ISBN: 0803213514
Published by University of Nebraska Press on June 1st 2006
Genres: Military, Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 202
Len's Summary: The letters of George "Brownie" Browne, Doughboy of the 117th Engineers of the 42nd Rainbow Division sent to his fiance during his 18 months of service.
Directing Operations: British Corps Command on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Directing Operations: British Corps Command on the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Andy Simpson ISBN: 1862272921
Published by Spellmount on October 1st 2006
Pages: 308
Len's Summary: Examines how the role of the British corps changed over the course of the war.
War or Revolution: Russian Jews and Conscription in Britain, 1917
War or Revolution: Russian Jews and Conscription in Britain, 1917 by Harold Shukman ISBN: 9780853037088
Published by Vallentine Mitchell on May 1st 2006
Pages: 157
Len's Summary: A scholarly look at the impact of the war on Russian Jewish working class immigrants.
Douglas Haig: The Preparatory Prologue 1861 – 1914; Diaries and Letters
Douglas Haig: The Preparatory Prologue 1861 - 1914; Diaries and Letters by Douglas Scott ISBN: 9781844154043
on June 15th 2006
Pages: 300
Home Fires Burning: The Great War Diaries of Georgina Lee
Home Fires Burning: The Great War Diaries of Georgina Lee by Gavin Roynon ISBN: 9780752450643
on May 1st 2009
Genres: Great Britain, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: A view of the war from the British home front.
German Disarmament After World War I: The Diplomacy of International Arms Inspection 1920-1931
German Disarmament After World War I: The Diplomacy of International Arms Inspection 1920-1931 by Richard J. Shuster ISBN: 9780415654951
Published by Routledge on September 10th 2012
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: Germany was able to renegotiate the reparations terms of Versailles, but not the treaty's military strictures. This is the story of enforcing the Versailles arms limitations clauses; an early attempt at arms limitation and control.
Power at Sea: The Age of Navalism, 1890-1918
Power at Sea: The Age of Navalism, 1890-1918 by Lisle Abbott Rose ISBN: 9780826217011
Published by University of Missouri Press Genres: Military, Naval, Pre-War
Pages: 355
Len's Summary: The last imperial scramble for global empire: colonies, markets and naval supremacy.
Twelve Days on the Somme: A Memoir of the Trenches, 1916
Twelve Days on the Somme: A Memoir of the Trenches, 1916 by Sidney Rogerson ISBN: 9781848325340
Published by Frontline Books on July 2009
Pages: 172
Len's Summary: Memoirs of a British subaltern first published in 1933; vivid descriptions with out embellishment of life on the front lines written by a survivor of the 1916 Somme offensive. Unabashedly intended as an antidote to the usual downbeat 1930's war memoir.
Zeppelin!
Zeppelin! by Raymond Laurence Rimell ISBN: 9781902207889
Published by Albatros Productions Limited on 2008
Genres: Aviation
Pages: 75
Len's Summary: Covers the 34 'P' and 'Q' class Zeppelins that bombed Britain, France and Russia in1915 and 1916. With fold-out scale plans, details on markings, camouflage, armament and ordnance. Limited edition of 1,000 by the author of Zeppelin, Conway, 1984, 256 pages, ISBN 0 85177 239 0. For aviation specialists.
The German Right, 1860-1920: Political Limits of the Authoritarian Imagination
The German Right, 1860-1920: Political Limits of the Authoritarian Imagination by James Retallack ISBN: 9781442659186
Published by University of Toronto Press on February 1st 2015
Genres: Germany, Pre-War
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: One of a number of new academic studies of the evolution of the German political system before and during WWI.
The British Army 1914-1918
The British Army 1914-1918 by Andrew Rawson ISBN: 9780750956147
Published by The History Press on July 7th 2014
Genres: Great Britain, Military, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: How the British Army grew from a small colonial constabulary in 1914 to a force of nearly four million men in 1918.
The British Army 1815–1914
The British Army 1815–1914 by Harold E. Raugh ISBN: 9780754625643
Published by Ashgate on October 30th 2006
Pages: 567
Len's Summary: A review of the campaigns, character and composition of the British Army, really a colonial constabulary, during the century from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of The Great War with emphasis on reforms, evolving technology and doctrine . Contributors include: Holger Herwig, Hew Strachan and Edward M. Spiers.
Gallipoli: The Western Australian Story
Gallipoli: The Western Australian Story by Wesley Olson ISBN: 9781920694821
Published by University of Western Australia Press on November 1st 2006
Genres: Australia & New Zealand, Military
Pages: 396
Len's Summary: A lavishly illustrated history of the Gallipoli Campaign drawing heavily on the memoirs and diaries of participants from Western Australia.
The Battle of Heligoland Bight
The Battle of Heligoland Bight by Eric W. Osborne ISBN: 9780253347428
Published by Indiana University Press on June 13th 2006
Genres: Great Britain, Military, Naval
Pages: 141
Len's Summary: A new history of the first naval battle of WWI between Germany and England.
Voices of Silence: The Alternative Book of First World War Poetry
Voices of Silence: The Alternative Book of First World War Poetry by Vivien Noakes ISBN: 0750945214
Published by The History Press on October 1st 2006
Pages: 480
Len's Summary: This anthology avoids the established canon of Great War poetry and draws instead on diverse sources such as trench newspapers, hospital gazettes, gift books, postcards and privately-published works of single poets.
The World War I Reader
The World War I Reader by Michael S. Neiberg ISBN: 9780814758335
Published by NYU Press on December 1st 2006
Genres: Military, General
Pages: 375
Len's Summary: Contains documents ranging from official papers to personal diaries, as well as articles and book chapters from written by major scholars. Chapters are arranged chronologically and by theme, and address causes, battlefield leadership, strategies and conditions.
The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice
The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice by Chad Millman ISBN: 0316734969
on July 12th 2006
Genres: Law
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: The story of the 23-year-long legal proceeding against Germany for the destruction by sabotage of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Black Tom munitions depot on the New Jersey shore of New York harbor in 1916. See also Sabotage at Black Tom, Jules Whitcover, Algonquin, 1989.
The Armenian Rebellion at Van
The Armenian Rebellion at Van by Justin McCarthy ISBN: 9780874808704
Published by University of Utah Press on September 29th 2006
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: The story of the revolt in 1915 of Armenians in the Ottoman province of Van as background to the ensuing Armenian genocide.
French Strategic and Tactical Bombardment Forces of World War I
French Strategic and Tactical Bombardment Forces of World War I by René Martel ISBN: 081085662X
Published by Scarecrow Press on November 14th 2006
Genres: France, Military, Aviation
Pages: 461
Len's Summary: Edited and translated by WFA and League of WWI Aviation Historians member Steve Suddaby and his father. Martell served as a French bombardier/observer during WWI. Reviewed in Camaraderie, July 2006.
President’s Quarterly Update—April 2024
Dear Members and Friends,
I’m extremely pleased with the level of WW1HA’s activities, some of which may be unseen by you.
Our Journal, “World War One Illustrated,” is now published three times a year with an average length of 48 pages. Each issue is filled with high-quality articles covering a variety of topics, including the popular “My Kin in the Great War” series.
Our electronic newsletter, “Here and There with the WW1HA” is published monthly, with an assortment of Association events and articles covering WW1 topics.
Sal Compagno’s San Francisco Bay Area Chapter continues to hold monthly meetings via Zoom, while Mark Benbow’s Eastern Chapter is holding quarterly meetings.
As President, I am also hosting a quarterly “Fireside Chat” online. The last one emphasized WW1 poetry. The next one will emphasize WW1-era music.
If you’re already a member, I thank you for your membership and encourage you to take part in these activities. If you’re not a member, I ask you to join and participate in these activities. Participate in the events and consider submitting an article for the journal or newsletter.
Reach out to me with your comments: lavarennes@meuse-argonne.com.
Regards,
Randy Gaulke
