Last Post: The Final Word From Our First World War Soldiers by Max Arthur ISBN: 1780227418
Published by Orion Publishing on June 1st 2014
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: One of several new books featuring interviews with a small and rapidly dwindling number of surviving British WWI veterans.
Duty Nobly Done: The History of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment
Duty Nobly Done: The History of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment by Sandy Antal ISBN: 0973183489
Published by Walkerville Publishing on 2006
Pages: 838
Len's Summary: One of the authors is a WFA member. A history of a distinguished Canadian regiment whose antecedents date back to French colonization in the 17th century. Much of the work is take up with the regiment's actions in the world wars at Gallipoli, on the Western Front, Dieppe, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Replete with campaign maps.
The Art of Staying Neutral: The Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918
The Art of Staying Neutral: The Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918 by Maartje M. Abbenhuis ISBN: 9789053568187
Published by Amsterdam University Press on October 16th 2006
Genres: Western, Military
Pages: 423
Len's Summary: Holland remained mobilized throughout the war at great financial and social cost while its economy based on international trade withered in the face of the British blockade. Also see an earlier book on this same subject, The Netherlands and World War I: Espionage, Diplomacy and Survival, Hubert P. van Tuyll (Brill 2001).
Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats
Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats by John Abbatiello ISBN: 9781135989545
Published by Routledge on May 2nd 2006
Genres: Military, Naval, Political Science
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Effective British innovation against a new and deadly weapon.
Lafayette Escadrille: America’s Most Famous Squadron
Lafayette Escadrille: America’s Most Famous Squadron by Narayan Sengupta on 2013
Pages: 202
Len's Summary: A useful summary history of Escadrille exploits and on the later lives of its pilots.
Recollections of the Great War in the Air
Recollections of the Great War in the Air by James R. McConnell, Bob Carruthers ISBN: 1781580790
on March 1st 2012
Pages: 98
Len's Summary: Reprint of a 1917 memoir by a Lafayette Escadrille pilot.
Pioneers of Aerial Combat: Air Battles of the First World War
Pioneers of Aerial Combat: Air Battles of the First World War by Michael Foley ISBN: 9781781592724
on July 16th 2013
Genres: Military, Aviation
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: The title is misleading in that this book summarizes the development of British aviation before and during WWI.
The Retreat from Mons 1914: North: Casteau to Le CateauThe Western Front by Car, by Bike and on Foot
The Retreat from Mons 1914: North: Casteau to Le CateauThe Western Front by Car, by Bike and on Foot by Jon Cooksey ISBN: 1783030380
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 19th 2014
Genres: Military
Pages: 160
1914: A Novel
1914: A Novel by Charles B. Smith ISBN: 9781494236007
Published by Createspace Independent Pub on March 15th 2014
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 647
Len's Summary: A novel of nine soldiers struggling to survive.
The Larks
The Larks by Jem Shaw ISBN: 9781484060834
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on July 21st 2013
Pages: 390
Len's Summary: Tale of an 18-year-old youth flying pursuit aircraft on the Western Front.
The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army
The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army by Glen Craney ISBN: 9780981648446
Published by Brigid's Fire Press on October 15th 2013
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 562
Len's Summary: Follows eight Doughboys through WWI and into the post war era culminating in the 1932 veterans' Bonus March on Washington.
1914: A Novel
1914: A Novel by Jean Echenoz, Linda Coverdale ISBN: 1595589112
Published by The New Press on January 2nd 2014
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 119
Len's Summary: A novel of France at war.
The Goliath Stone
The Goliath Stone by Charles Cobb ISBN: 9781412029827
Published by Trafford Publishing Genres: Fiction, Suspense
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: A British subaltern is tasked to retrieve the stolen Irish crown jewels from Romania just as these are sent to Russia on the eve of revolution in 1917.
Nation, Memory and Great War Commemoration: Mobilizing the Past in Europe, Australia and New Zealand
Nation, Memory and Great War Commemoration: Mobilizing the Past in Europe, Australia and New Zealand by Shanti Sumartojo, Ben Wellings ISBN: 3034309376
Published by Peter Lang on April 23rd 2014
Pages: 329
Len's Summary: Social history.
German Battlecruisers of World War One: Their Design, Construction and Operations
German Battlecruisers of World War One: Their Design, Construction and Operations by Gary Staff, Marsden Samuel ISBN: 1591141915
Published by Naval Institute Press on December 15th 2014
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: Rare book in English detailing a major Imperial German ship type.
Invasion 1914: The Schelieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne: Before the trenches – the first battles of World War I
Invasion 1914: The Schelieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne: Before the trenches - the first battles of World War I by Ian Senior ISBN: 9781472803351
Published by Osprey Publishing on August 20th 2014
Genres: Germany, Technology & Engineering, Military Science, Military
Pages: 456
Len's Summary: A narrative history. Both Holger Herwig band Michael Neiberg have written better analyses of the First Marne battle.
Murderous Tommies
Murderous Tommies by Julian Putkowski ISBN: 9781459688117
on October 13th 2014
Pages: 504
Len's Summary: Thirteen British soldiers convicted, and the only ones hanged, for murder during WWI.
Ypres 1914: Langemarck: Early Battles 1914
Ypres 1914: Langemarck: Early Battles 1914 by Jack Sheldon, Nigel Cave ISBN: 1781591997
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 19th 2014
Genres: Military
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: The last major battle of 1914 involved British and British Indian Army units. One of a new series by these two authors on the opening BEF battles of the war available from Pen & Sword.
The Military Atlas of World War I
The Military Atlas of World War I by Michael Neiberg ISBN: 9780785831105
Published by Chartwell Books on May 1st 2014
Pages: 176
Len's Summary: A valuable new atlas with excellent over- sized maps by one of America’s foremost military historians, a faculty member at the US Army War College, winner of the Tomlinson Book Prize and a frequent speaker at our seminars.
The Russian Navy 1890s-1916
The Russian Navy 1890s-1916 by Vladimir Krestjaninov ISBN: 1906509492
Published by Unicorn Press on March 7th 2014
Pages: 262
Len's Summary: Nearly 500 images of Russian warships of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The British Imperial Army in the Middle East: Morale and Military Identity in the Sinai and Palestine Campaigns, 1916-18
The British Imperial Army in the Middle East: Morale and Military Identity in the Sinai and Palestine Campaigns, 1916-18 by James E. Kitchen ISBN: 9781472509284
Published by A&C Black on February 25th 2014
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: A soldiers’ eye view of the war in the Middle East. British forces there comprised many different nationalities from the colonies and dominions.
Empires in World War I: Shifting Frontiers and Imperial Dynamics in a Global Conflict
Empires in World War I: Shifting Frontiers and Imperial Dynamics in a Global Conflict by Andrew Jarboe ISBN: 9781780764405
on March 27th 2014
Genres: World War I
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Moves away from the Western Front to examine the war as a truly global struggle. Includes essays on the impact of war on colonial peoples, the British justice system in Palestine, the scramble for German territory in Africa, China and the Pacific and the involvement of Native Americans as well as peoples of the subcontinent of India.
The Great Retreat of 1914: From Mons to the Marne
The Great Retreat of 1914: From Mons to the Marne by Spencer Jones Published by Endeavour Press on August 6th 2015
Pages: 90
Len's Summary: Commemorating the centennial.
The Great Retreat, 1914: Two Accounts of the Battle & Retreat from Mons by the B. E. F. During the First World War
The Great Retreat, 1914: Two Accounts of the Battle & Retreat from Mons by the B. E. F. During the First World War by George Stuart Gordon, Roger Ingpen ISBN: 178282328X
on April 29th 2014
Pages: 172
Len's Summary: One of several new treatments and reprints recounting the retreat from Mons in August 1914.
Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation
Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation by Ann Bausum ISBN: 9781426214653
Published by National Geographic Society on May 5th 2015
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A doughboy’s pet becomes a decorated war hero. Light hearted history. A History Book Club selection.
Literature and the Great War, 1914-1918
Literature and the Great War, 1914-1918 by Randall Stevenson ISBN: 019959645X
on June 1st 2013
Genres: Literary Criticism
Pages: 262
Len's Summary: Looks at all genres of WWI writing, including propaganda and poetry, and assesses their impact on post-war popular imagination. // Looks at all genres of WWI writing, including propaganda and poetry, and its impact on post-war popular imagination. Literary history.
The Kaiser’s Pirates: Hunting Germany’s Raiding Cruisers, 1914-1915
The Kaiser's Pirates: Hunting Germany's Raiding Cruisers, 1914-1915 by Nick Hewitt ISBN: 1848847734
Published by Pen & Sword Books on November 19th 2013
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: German commerce raiders cost the Royal Navy much time and effort during the early months of the war before they were swept from the seas. Worth reading.
Visiting the Somme and Ypres Battlefields Made Easy: A Helpful Guide Book for Groups and Individuals
Visiting the Somme and Ypres Battlefields Made Easy: A Helpful Guide Book for Groups and Individuals by Gareth Hughes ISBN: 9781473821392
on September 11th 2014
Pages: 160
Western Front 1917-1918: Despatches from the Front
Western Front 1917-1918: Despatches from the Front by John Grehan, Martin Mace ISBN: 178159323X
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 30th 2014
Genres: Military
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: Primary sources.
Gallipoli and the Dardanelles 1915-1916: Despatches from the Front
Gallipoli and the Dardanelles 1915-1916: Despatches from the Front by John Grehan, Martin Mace ISBN: 1781593442
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 19th 2014
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Primary sources.
1917: The First World War in Old Photographs: Mud and Tanks
1917: The First World War in Old Photographs: Mud and Tanks by John Christopher, Campbell McCutcheon ISBN: 1445622106
Published by Amberley Publishing on December 19th 2014
Pages: 160
1916: The First World War in Old Photographs: A War of Attrition
1916: The First World War in Old Photographs: A War of Attrition by John Christopher, Campbell McCutcheon ISBN: 1445622084
Published by Amberley Publishing on October 19th 2014
Pages: 160
1915: The First World War in Old Photographs: Setbacks and Failures
1915: The First World War in Old Photographs: Setbacks and Failures by John Christopher, Campbell McCutcheon ISBN: 144562205X
Published by Amberley Publishing on August 19th 2014
Pages: 160
1914: The First World War in Old Photographs: Over by Christmas
1914: The First World War in Old Photographs: Over by Christmas by John Christopher, Campbell McCutcheon ISBN: 9781445621814
Published by Amberley Publishing on May 1st 2014
Pages: 159
1917: The First World War at Sea in Photographs
1917: The First World War at Sea in Photographs by Phil Carradice ISBN: 9781445622477
Published by Amberley Publishing on December 11th 2014
Pages: 144
1916: The First World War at Sea in Photographs
1916: The First World War at Sea in Photographs by Phil Carradice ISBN: 9781445622422
Published by Amberley Publishing on October 15th 2014
Pages: 144
1915: The First World War at Sea in Photographs
1915: The First World War at Sea in Photographs by Phil Carradice ISBN: 1445622378
Published by Amberley Publishing on October 19th 2014
Pages: 144
1914: The First World War at Sea in Photographs
1914: The First World War at Sea in Photographs by Phil Carradice ISBN: 9781445622330
Published by Amberley Publishing on May 1st 2014
Pages: 128
The Battle Book of Ypres: A Reference to Military Operations in the Ypres Salient, 1914-18
The Battle Book of Ypres: A Reference to Military Operations in the Ypres Salient, 1914-18 by Beatrix Brice ISBN: 9781473821231
on September 22nd 2014
Pages: 273
Len's Summary: Includes a chronological account and an alphabetical reference to each wood, town or hamlet. First published in 1927.
The Old Front Line
The Old Front Line by John Masefield ISBN: 9781499539769
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on May 13th 2014
Pages: 24
Len's Summary: A look at the Somme battlefield just after the battle first published in 1917 as propaganda. Masefield later became British poet laureate.
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
