The Somme Stations by Andrew Martin ISBN: 0571249647
Published by Faber & Faber on February 1st 2012
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Number seven in the Jim Stringer Steam Detective series finds Jim investigating a murder in a British railway pioneer battalion on the Western Front. // Enlisted British Army railwayman Jim Stronger finds himself falsely accused of murder during the 1916 Somme Campaign. Winner of the British Dagger Award for Best Historical Mystery.
The Baghdad Railway Club
The Baghdad Railway Club by Andrew Martin ISBN: 9780571249619
Published by Faber & Faber on 2012
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Another Jim Stringer Railway Cop novel finds our hero invalided from the Western front and in Mesopotamia seeking a British traitor.
The Daughters of Mars: A Novel
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally ISBN: 9781476734613
Published by Simon and Schuster on August 20th 2013
Pages: 517
Len's Summary: Two Australian girls leave their farming community to serve as nurses first at the Dardanelles, then behind the Western Front where they find both horror and romance.
Harvard 1914: A War Romanc
Harvard 1914: A War Romanc by Allegra Jordan ISBN: 9780988203105
Published by Gold Gable Press on November 1st 2012
Pages: 330
Len's Summary: Set in Boston and Flanders this is a love story involving an American woman and a German nobleman, both students at Harvard. Things get complicated when he is called home for military service.
The Stranger’s Child
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst ISBN: 0307474348
Published by Vintage on September 4th 2012
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Pages: 435
Len's Summary: A novel of British morals and manners spanning the lives of two families from 1913 through the First World War and across the century. The author is a winner of the Man Booker Prize.
The Cocaine Salesman
The Cocaine Salesman by Conny Braam, Jonathan Reeder ISBN: 1907822054
Published by Haus Publishing on June 19th 2012
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 450
Len's Summary: Traces the lives during and after WWI of two men — one a disfigured British soldier, one a Dutch drug dealer — impacted by the war-time trade in cocaine based in the Netherlands.
The Absolutist
The Absolutist by John Boyne ISBN: 1590515528
Published by Other Press on July 10th 2012
Pages: 309
Len's Summary: The life and death of a WWI conscientious objector by the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Tackles the post-1918 anti-war movement in the UK.
Waiting for Sunrise
Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd ISBN: 9781410449009
Published by Thorndike Press on July 26th 2012
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 577
Len's Summary: World War I espionage novel set in Vienna, London and Geneva by the author of the memorable An Ice Cream War, a rollicking farce about chasing von Lettow Vorbeck around East Africa. Also available as a Nook Book.
The Chinese Attack
The Chinese Attack by John Bishop ISBN: 9781843869191
Published by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers on January 1st 2012
Pages: 400
Len's Summary: A novel of the Chinese Labor Corps on the Western Front.
Toby’s Room
Toby’s Room by Pat Barker ISBN: 0385524366
Published by Doubleday on October 2nd 2012
Genres: Fiction, Historical, War & Military, Family Life
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: A British rehabilitation hospital treats facially disfigured WWI soldiers in a sequel to Ms. Barker’s 2008 Life Class. She won the 1995 Man Booker Prize for Ghost Road, third volume of her WWI Regeneration trilogy.
An Unmarked Grave
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd ISBN: 9780062015730
Published by HarperCollins on January 2nd 2013
Genres: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, General
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: It’s 1918 and nurse Bess Crawford is investigating the murder of a British officer on the Western Front and finds herself becoming a target of the murderer; second novel in the Bess Crawford series. The first Bess Crawford book: A Bitter Truth, a William Morrow reprint, 2012, is also available from Amazon.
Across the Blood-Red Skies
Across the Blood-Red Skies by Robert Radcliffe ISBN: 9780748129478
on February 17th 2011
Genres: Fiction, General
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: An unimaginative novel of WWI in the air panned by a reviewer in Stand To!, the UK journal of The Western Front Association.
Wings of contrition: A tale of young men coming of age in the maelstrom and horror of the world’s first air war
Wings of contrition: A tale of young men coming of age in the maelstrom and horror of the world's first air war by Leon Hughes ISBN: 1482590247
Published by Createspace on June 4th 2013
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 216
Len's Summary: A potboiler of a novel about a French secret agent sent to penetrate the Kaiser’s court.
Demons Walk Among Us
Demons Walk Among Us by Jonathan Hicks ISBN: 0956012590
Published by Lolfa on December 3rd 2013
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 333
Len's Summary: The second Thomas Oscendale mystery tells the tale of a French detective haunted by war seeking to unravel a series of murders. See also The Dead of Mametz by the same author and first book in this series.
A Very Profitable War
A Very Profitable War by Didier Daninckx, Sarah Martin ISBN: 1612191843
Published by Melville International Crime on December 5th 2012
Genres: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Set in post WWI Paris, this noire detective novel delves into infidelity, war profiteering, anarchism, blackmail and murder impinging upon national security. Translation from the original French.
Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb, James H. Meredith, David Simon ISBN: 0143106112
Published by Penguin Classics on June 29th 2010
Genres: Fiction, Classics, Literary, War & Military
Pages: 190
Len's Summary: First published in 1935, this provocative novel was made into a 1957 motion picture directed by Stanley Kubrick. Kurt Douglas was nominated for an Academy Award for his leading role as a French infantry colonel ordered to take an impregnable hill. Cobb was war correspondent in France and Belgium and a witness to the German invasion. // Written in the 1930s, this classic WWI novel of the French Army was authored by an American veteran of the Canadian forces. The 1957 movie version directed by Stanley Kubrick and still available on VHS and DVD earned Kurt Douglas an academy award nomination.
The Star of Istanbul
The Star of Istanbul by Robert Butler ISBN: 0802121551
Published by Mysterious Press on October 7th 2013
Genres: Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: Journalist and American spy Christopher Marlow Cobb pursues a German agent across the Atlantic and into war-torn Europe and the Middle East.
The Transylvanian Trilogy: They Were Counted, They Were found Wanting, They Were Divided
The Transylvanian Trilogy: They Were Counted, They Were found Wanting, They Were Divided by Miklos Banffy ISBN: 9780375712296
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 2013
Genres: Fiction, Classics, Historical, Literary
Pages: 696
Len's Summary: Romantic fiction written by a Hungarian aristocrat and set in the years 1904-1914 examines the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Reprint of a 1990s translation by the author’s daughter and Patrick Thursfeld.
Kingdoms Fall: The Laxenburg Message
Kingdoms Fall: The Laxenburg Message by Edward Parr ISBN: 9781484905531
on July 10th 2013
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: The story of the First World War from the point of view of two fledgling British intelligence officers recruited into the new SIS. Part of The Kingdoms Fall series by the same author.
Army Service Corps, 1902-1918
Army Service Corps, 1902-1918 by Michael Young, Richard Holmes ISBN: 0850527309
Published by Leo Cooper on July 1st 2000
Pages: 406
Len's Summary: A history of the worldwide operations of the British Army Service Corps in WWI replete with maps, b&w illustrations, biographies of key officers and tables of Corps organization.
Flawed Victory: Jutland, 1916
Flawed Victory: Jutland, 1916 by Keith Yates ISBN: 9781557509819
Published by Naval Institute Press on May 1st 2000
Pages: 314
Soldier and Warrior: French Attitudes toward the Army and War on the Eve of the First World War
Soldier and Warrior: French Attitudes toward the Army and War on the Eve of the First World War by H. L. Wesseling ISBN: 9780313307218
Published by Greenwood Press on January 1st 2000
Genres: History, Europe, France, Military, General, World War I
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: How French publicists glorified the Army and idealized war in the decade before 1914.
The Ship That Changed the World: The Escape of the Goeben to the Dardanelles in 1914
The Ship That Changed the World: The Escape of the Goeben to the Dardanelles in 1914 by Dan Van der Vat ISBN: 9781841580623
Published by Birlinn on 2000
Pages: 252
Len's Summary: A paperback reprinting of the 1985 book of the same name. This tells the story of the 1914 escape of the German battle cruiser Goben through the porous net of the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Squadron to the Ottoman Empire. Written by the author of The Grand Scuttle, the self-destruction of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919.
The United States, Revolutionary Russia, and the Rise of Czechoslovakia
The United States, Revolutionary Russia, and the Rise of Czechoslovakia by Betty Miller Unterberger ISBN: 0890969310
Published by Texas A&M University Press on April 1st 2000
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 463
Len's Summary: A revised edition of the 1989 work based on newly available documentary sources. By the author of "Woodrow Wilson and Great Power Relations in Central Europe."
A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917-1918
A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917-1918 by William S. Triplet, Robert H. Ferrell ISBN: 0826212905
Published by University of Missouri Press on August 1st 2000
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, History, Europe, France, World War I
Pages: 344
Len's Summary: Another interesting Great War memoir produced by an important American regional publisher.
Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda: Lord Northcliffe and the Great War, 1914-1919
Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda: Lord Northcliffe and the Great War, 1914-1919 by J. Lee Thompson ISBN: 9780873386371
Published by Kent State University Press on 2000
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Language Arts & Disciplines, Journalism
Pages: 319
Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe, 1904-1914
Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe, 1904-1914 by David Stevenson ISBN: 9780198208310
Published by Clarendon Press on June 15th 2000
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 463
Len's Summary: A new paperback edition of Dr. Stevenson’s study of the interlinked effect of imperial competition, domestic political and commercial affairs, technological change and advancement on the European arms race. Well worth reading and reflecting on.
Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground
Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground by Nigel Steel, Peter Hart ISBN: 0304352683
Published by Cassell on November 2nd 2000
Pages: 351
Len's Summary: Another look at the mud and blood of Third Ypres. British military historians fixation on Third Ypres ranks second only to that of Battle of the Somme… Available from Barnes and Noble on line.
United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1918
United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1918 by Noel C. Shirley ISBN: 9780764311796
on 2000
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: A richly illustrated book contains the statistical product of exhaustive research on the organization, personalities, bases and equipment of early American naval aviation. Noel is a member of The Great War Society and the League of WWI Aviation Historians, as well as a frequent speaker at WFA seminars.
Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War
Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War by G. D. Sheffield ISBN: 9780312226404
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on October 6th 2000
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Social Science, General, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 270
Len's Summary: Kitchener’s army in the field.
Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War
Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War by John R. Schindler ISBN: 9780275972042
on 2000
Pages: 409
Len's Summary: Frustration on the Italian Front. Look for a review in Stand To!
The Great War Generals on the Western Front, 1914-18
The Great War Generals on the Western Front, 1914-18 by Robin Neillands ISBN: 9781841190631
Published by Robinson on 2000
Pages: 549
Len's Summary: Neillands challenges the conventional wisdom that British generals were incompetent butchers.
Seeking Victory on the Western Front: The British Army and Chemical Warfare in World War I
Seeking Victory on the Western Front: The British Army and Chemical Warfare in World War I by Albert Palazzo ISBN: 9780803237254
on March 2000
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 239
Len's Summary: Takes a revisionist view of the effectiveness of chemical warfare on the Western Front.
Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain
Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain by Brock Millman ISBN: 9780714650548
Published by Psychology Press on 2000
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Political Science, Security (National & International)
Pages: 335
Len's Summary: Exaggerated fears among Britain’s ruling class?
Your Country Needs You — From Six to Sixty-Five Divisions
Your Country Needs You — From Six to Sixty-Five Divisions by Martin Middlebrook ISBN: 9780850527094
on July 27th 1999
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: The story of the expansion of the British Army during WWI from a colonial constabulary to a force of over two million men.
Escape from Villingen, 1918
Escape from Villingen, 1918 by Dwight R. Messimer ISBN: 9780890969564
Published by Texas A&M University Press on 2000
Pages: 195
Len's Summary: Americans escape from an Imperial Germany POW camp during WWI.
Best O’luck
Best O'luck by Alexander McClintock ISBN: 1-896979-43-3
on 2000
Pages: 100
Len's Summary: The wartime experiences of an American volunteer from Kentucky who served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. This autobiographical account was written by McClintock asa propaganda piece and first published in 1917. This edition comes with a postscript and appendices tracing, inter alia, McClintock’s short, tragic career in the American Army.
Ataturk – The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
Ataturk – The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey by Andrew Mango ISBN: 1585670111
Published by Overlook Books on April 3rd 2000
Len's Summary: The Author is sparing in his praise of Mustapha Kemal’s military prowess at Gallipoli, but unstinting in his admiration for Ataturk’s political and military skill in thwarting Allied plans to partition the Ottoman Empire. Based largely on Turkish sources.
War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I
War Land on the Eastern Front by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius ISBN: 9780521023900
Published by Cambridge University Press on May 18th 2000
Genres: History, Europe, Eastern, General, Military, World War I
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: A book about German occupation policy and operations in Lithuania, the Baltics, Ruthenia and parts of Poland from 1915 through 1919 and the Soviet Red Army invasion. Dr. Liulevicius is a frequent speaker at WFA seminars, and professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The Central Powers in the Adriatic, 1914-1918: War in a Narrow Sea
The Central Powers in the Adriatic, 1914-1918: War in a Narrow Sea by Charles W. Koburger ISBN: 9780275970710
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on January 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I
Pages: 145
Len's Summary: A bloody sideshow, but a sideshow nonetheless.
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
