The World War I Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for all the Combatants by John Ellis, Michael Cox ISBN: 1854107666
Published by Aurum Press on October 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, General
Pages: 324
Len's Summary: The orders of battle, maps, weapons, manpower, commanders and much more. Some errors, but overall a very valuable research tool. Update of a 1993 work.
The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S. – Soviet Relations
The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S. - Soviet Relations by Donald E. Davis, Eugene P. Trani ISBN: 082621388X
Published by University of Missouri on August 26th 2002
Pages: 360
Len's Summary: An important new study of American-Russian relations during the Wilson administration with an introduction by my former boss, Larry Eagleburger. Trani is best known for his study of the Harding administration.
The Last Crusade: The Palestine Campaign in the First World War
The Last Crusade: The Palestine Campaign in the First World War by Anthony Bruce ISBN: 0719554322
Published by John Murray Publishers on January 1st 2002
Pages: 299
Len's Summary: Billed as the first history of the Palestinian Campaign in 20 years.
British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914-1941
British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914-1941 by Anthony Best ISBN: 9780333945513
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on October 11th 2002
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Well- founded suspicions of Japanese expansionist intentions traced back to WWI.
Freeing the Baltic
Freeing the Baltic by Geoffrey Bennett ISBN: 9781843410010
Published by Birlinn on August 2002
Genres: History, Europe, Baltic States, Great Britain, Military, General, Naval
Pages: 263
Len's Summary: The Royal Navy moves into the Baltic following the Armistice of November 11, 1918 to confront Editor-in-Chief Lenin.
1914-1918: Understanding the Great War
1914-1918: Understanding the Great War by Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, Annette Becker ISBN: 1861973527
Published by Profile Books on 2002
Pages: 280
Len's Summary: Concentrates on the origins and societal impact of this violent, industrialized conflict. // Essays on analyzing the causes and effects of the war first published in 2003 by two distinguished French scholars. Three stars.
World War I in Photographs
World War I in Photographs by J. H. J. Andriessen ISBN: 9789036618717
Published by Rebo Pub. on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Photography, Photoessays & Documentaries
Pages: 600
Len's Summary: The author, who drew most of the photos from Imperial War Museum archives, chairs the First World War Study Center of the Netherlands. Also published in French and Dutch.
The Battle of Tanga, 1914
The Battle of Tanga, 1914 by Ross Anderson ISBN: 9780752423494
Published by Tempus on January 1st 2002
Pages: 158
Len's Summary: A British Indians Army defeat at the hands of von Lettow’s askari force.
The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue
The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue by John Griffith Armstrong ISBN: 9780774808903
Published by UBC Press on May 1st 2002
Genres: History, Canada, General, Military, Naval
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: The story of a massive explosion of a French Lines munitions ship in 1917 that leveled the northern half of the city, killing 1,600 people.
Russian Sideshow: America’s Undeclared War, 1918-1920
Russian Sideshow: America's Undeclared War, 1918-1920 by Robert L. Willett ISBN: 9781574884296
Published by Brassey's on November 30th 2003
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: The author, writing on American armed intervention in Northern Russia and Siberia, is a retired businessman and resident of Florida, is a WFA member and spoke at our February 2001 Citadel seminar.
Race to the Front: The Materiel Foundations of Coalition Strategy in the Great War
Race to the Front: The Materiel Foundations of Coalition Strategy in the Great War by Kevin D. Stubbs ISBN: 9780275972998
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on January 1st 2002
Pages: 373
Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919 -1939: Grand Strategy and Failure
Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919 -1939: Grand Strategy and Failure by Donald Stoker ISBN: 9780415646192
Published by Routledge on July 21st 2004
Pages: 256
Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War
Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War by Christopher M. Sterba ISBN: 0195154886
Published by Oxford University Press on March 1st 2003
Pages: 288
The Cross and the Trenches: Religious Faith and Doubt among British and American Great War Soldiers
The Cross and the Trenches: Religious Faith and Doubt among British and American Great War Soldiers by Richard Schweitzer ISBN: 9780313318382
Published by Praeger Publishers on January 1st 2003
Genres: History, Historiography, Military, World War I, Religion
Pages: 311
Westcountry Regiments on the Somme
Westcountry Regiments on the Somme by Tim Saunders ISBN: 9781844150182
Published by Casemate Publishers on November 1st 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 288
Dream Of Civilized Warfare: World War 1 Flying Aces and the American Imagination
Dream Of Civilized Warfare: World War 1 Flying Aces and the American Imagination by Linda R. Robertson ISBN: 0816642702
Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press on October 8th 2003
Pages: 502
Len's Summary: First published as a hard cover in 2003, this book looks at the earliest development of a new weapon and traces the origins of America's yearning to wage war without risking soldiers' lives.
Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War
Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War by Tammy M. Proctor ISBN: 0814766935
Published by New York University Press on June 1st 2003
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Mata Hari and much, much more of relevance at a time when 30% of new CIA case officers are females.
Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War
Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War by Michael S. Neiberg ISBN: 9781574886726
Published by Brassey's on October 1st 2003
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, France, World War I
Pages: 124
The Great War: An Imperial History
The Great War: An Imperial History by John Howard Morrow ISBN: 9780415204392
Published by Routledge on October 15th 2003
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: The exploitation of colonial troops in World War One.
The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II’s Role in Imperial Germany
The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II’s Role in Imperial Germany by Annika Mombauer, Wilhelm Deist ISBN: 0521824087
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 17th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, General, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, World, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 299
Len's Summary: Analyses a complex political system and a complex ruler under severe wartime stress.
Captain Staniland’s Journey: The North Midland Territorials Go to War
Captain Staniland's Journey: The North Midland Territorials Go to War by Martin Middlebrook ISBN: 0850529964
Published by Pen & Sword Books on September 1st 2003
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 224
The U-boats of World War I
The U-boats of World War I by Kelly K. Lydon ISBN: 0-9663091-0-3
on 2003
Pages: 125
Len's Summary: Dozens of excellent photos of such subjects as the GermanU-boat pens at Brugges, Belgium; details on the development of the Imperial German U-boat fleet and specifications of the several classes of early submarines,their armament including deck guns, torpedoes and mines, their manning and propulsion.
Nationalizing the Russian Empire: The Campaign against Enemy Aliens during World War I
Nationalizing the Russian Empire: The Campaign against Enemy Aliens during World War I by Eric Lohr ISBN: 0674010418
Published by Harvard University Press on May 15th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, General, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 237
Len's Summary: Study of the treatment of “enemy” minorities during WWI. Mass deportations, property seizures, purges and popular violence impacted on millions of Russians of German and Jewish origin, as well as Muslims. Read in conjunction with A Whole Empire Walking by Peter Gatrell (Indiana, 1999) described elsewhere on these pages.
The Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic
The Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic by Walter Karp ISBN: 9781879957558
Published by Franklin Square Press on 2003
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: Reprint of a 1979 monograph which takes an unvarnished and unflattering look at how domestic politics shaped the foreign policy of the Progressive Era and America emergence after 1898 as a world power. Recommended by the editors of American Heritage.
Wielding the Dagger: The MarineKorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918
Wielding the Dagger: The MarineKorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918 by Mark D. Karau ISBN: 9780313324758
Published by Praeger on October 30th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, General, Germany, Military, World War I
Pages: 268
Len's Summary: Two divisions made up of naval reservists were formed and deployed as infantry and artillerymen on the Flanders coast in 1914. Many of them and their officers are buried at Vladslo and other German cemeteries in Belgium which we visited on our April 2003 tour of the Ypres Salient. // The little known story of a two-division-sized German submarine-destroyer and naval infantry-artillery group operating in Belgian Flanders.
Researching World War I: A Handbook
Researching World War I: A Handbook by Robin Higham, Dennis E. Showalter ISBN: 031328850X
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on December 30th 2003
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Reference, Research
Pages: 496
The Casualty Issue in American Military Practice: The Impact of World War I
The Casualty Issue in American Military Practice: The Impact of World War I by Evan Andrew Huelfer ISBN: 9780275977603
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on October 30th 2003
Pages: 244
Len's Summary: Tracing continuing aversion to battle casualties back to 1917-1918.
Hemingway on War
Hemingway on War by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0743243269
Published by Scribner on November 4th 2003
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: Includes Great War era short stories and an excerpt from A Farewell to Arms concerning the retreat from Caporetto, as well as Hemingway correspondence on WWI and its aftermath.
Harlem’s Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I
Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I by Stephen L. Harris ISBN: 9781574883862
on June 6th 2003
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Social Science, Ethnic Studies
Pages: 302
Len's Summary: By the author of Duty, Honor, Privilege — New York City’s Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line. Look for a review by Doug Fisher in a future issue of ‘Stand To!’
The Maritime Blockade of Germany in the Great War: The Northern Patrol, 1914-1928
The Maritime Blockade of Germany in the Great War: The Northern Patrol, 1914-1928 by John D. Grainger ISBN: 0754635368
Published by Ashgate Publishing on August 28th 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval
Len's Summary: The little known story of enforcing the Royal Navy’s “distant blockade” largely employing thin-skinned armed merchant cruisers that become an increasingly effective force as the war wore on.
Trial by Fire: Command and the British Expeditionary Force in 1914
Trial by Fire: Command and the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 by Nikolas Gardner ISBN: 9780313324734
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on August 30th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, General, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 259
Len's Summary: The small, regular British army faces unfamiliar warfare in Europe from August to November 1914. Breaks no new ground.
The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation
The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation by Richard M. Gamble ISBN: 1932236147
Published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute on March 4th 2004
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Religion, Christianity
Pages: 306
Len's Summary: How American progressive Christian leaders moved from pacifism to support for Mr. Wilson’s war and the League of Nations: war seen as redemption.
Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Europe's Last Summer Who Started the Great War in 1914 by David Fromkin ISBN: 9780375411564
Published by Knopf on March 23rd 2004
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Political Science, Security (National & International)
Pages: 349
Len's Summary: By the author of A Peace to End all Peace on postwar redrawing of the map in the Mid East. Fromkin lays the blame for WWI on Germany. Little new here; the current work edited by Holger Herwig and Richard Hamilton, The Origins of World War I (Cambridge 2003) is far more enlightening.
Alfred Von Schlieffen’s Military Writings
Alfred Von Schlieffen's Military Writings by Robert Foley ISBN: 0714649996
Published by Frank Cass Publishers on October 31st 2002
Genres: History, Military, General, Political Science, Security (National & International)
Pages: 280
Illusion of Victory: America in World War I
The Illusion Of Victory: America In World War I by Thomas J. Fleming ISBN: 9780465024674
Published by Basic Books on May 28th 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 543
Len's Summary: Touted by the publisher as revisionist history. Hard on Woodrow Wilson and perfidious Albion. Watch for a forthcoming review in Stand To!
Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913
Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913 by Edward J Erickson ISBN: 9780275978884
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on February 28th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, Baltic States, Military, Other
Pages: 403
Len's Summary: Colonel Erickson is a retired Army officer who served in Turkey and speaks Turkish. He earlier book on the Ottoman Army in The Great War, Ordered to Die (Praeger 2002), was reviewed in Stand To!. Both books draws heavily on Turkish Army archives not routinely open to scholars. Colonel Erickson is scheduled to speak at our July 2004 WFA annual national seminar at SUNY, Plattsburgh.
Magnificent But Not War: The Second Battle of Ypres 1915
Magnificent But Not War: The Second Battle of Ypres 1915 by John Dixon ISBN: 9781844150021
Published by Casemate Publishers on September 1st 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 370
Len's Summary: Order in the USA from Casemate Publishing.
The Great War: Perspectives on the First World War
The Great War: Perspectives on the First World War by Robert Cowley ISBN: 0375509097
Published by Random House (NY) on June 3rd 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 509
Len's Summary: Article sreprinted from MHQ: The Journal of Military History, arguably America’s bestmilitary history magazine, which was founded and edited for many years by Mr.Cowley. Authors include Jan Morris on Admiral Sir John Fisher, Michael Howardwriting on the summer of 1914, Tim Travers on the Battle of the Somme, ThomasFleming on Quentin Roosevelt, Robert Cowley on German artist Kathe Kollwitz’efforts to create a memorial to her fallen son, and John Keegan on the mud andblood of Third Ypres. Recommended by Bob Denison.
Paths of Glory: The French Army, 1914-1918
Paths of Glory: The French Army, 1914-1918 by Anthony Clayton ISBN: 0304359491
Published by Cassell on May 28th 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 238
Len's Summary: Biographies of all major French military leaders and coverage of all campaigns involving French forces.
The Newfoundlanders in the Great War: The Western Front, 1916-1918: A Social History and Battlefield Tour
The Newfoundlanders in the Great War: The Western Front, 1916-1918: A Social History and Battlefield Tour by N. M. Christie ISBN: 9781896979236
Published by CEF Books on 2003
Pages: 130
Len's Summary: World War One bankrupted this small, isolated, and resource poor British dominion which joined Canada until 1949. Recommended by Glenn Kerr, the chairman of the Central Ontario Branch of WFA.
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
