A German Officer During the Armenian Genocide: A Biography of Max Von Scheubner-Richter by Paul Leverkuehn, Hilmar Kaiser ISBN: 9781903656815
Published by Gomidas Institute on February 4th 2009
Genres: Armenians, Turkey, Biography & Autobiography
Pages: 153
Len's Summary: The biography first published in 1938 of a German Vice Consul at Erzerum and Bitlis during the Armenian genocide. Von Scheubner, a founder of the Nazi Party, was killed in Hitler’s failed Munich Putsch of 1923, found racism at the root of Ottoman persecution of Armenians.
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I by Adriane Lentz-Smith ISBN: 0674062051
on September 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 318
Len's Summary: World War I viewed as a watershed moment in the evolving civil rights struggle in America.
Gas Attacks: Ypres, 1915
Gas Attacks: Ypres, 1915 by John Lee ISBN: 9781844159291
on June 18th 2009
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: A new book on the first German use of poison gas.
Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood
Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood by Jack C. Lane ISBN: 0803226586
Published by Bison Books on December 1st 2009
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: A new biography of an American imperialist, Harvard Medical School graduate and political collaborator of Teddy Roosevelt who rose to be Army Chief of Staff, Governor General in Cuba and the Philippines and presidential wannabe. Also a available from Nebraska is Chasing Geronimo: The Journal of Leonard Wood, May-September 1886, Lack C. Lane (ed.), 176 pages, photos, map, ISBN 978 0 8032 2527 5, $14.96 paperback. Wood, then an Army contract surgeon, won the Medal of Honor for helping capture Apache chief Geronimo.
Black Fokker Leader: The First World War’s Last Airfighter Knight
Black Fokker Leader: The First World War’s Last Airfighter Knight by Peter Kilduff ISBN: 9781906502287
Published by Casemate Publishers on May 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Wartime exploits of an all-but-forgotten German ace; Kilduff’s 13th book on WWI aviation. // The story of German ace Carl Degelow and his squadron of mostly Fokker D-VII recounted by a premier aviation historian.
Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War
Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War by Anton Kaes ISBN: 9780691008509
Published by Princeton University Press on October 2nd 2011
Genres: Art, Film & Video, History, Europe, General, Germany, Performing Arts, Social Science
Pages: 328
Len's Summary: Weimar Republic culture and the wounds of war. // Interpretative history of Weimar-era German cinema and how it reflected the memory of The Great War.
Untold War: New Perspectives in First World War Studies
Untold War: New Perspectives in First World War Studies by Heather Jones, Jennifer O'brien, Christoph Schmidt-supprian ISBN: 9004166599
Published by Brill Academic Publishers on June 4th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, General, Essays
Pages: 452
Len's Summary: Scholarly essays re-examining the global civil and military impact of the conflict; how the war changed societies. Contributors include prize-winning historians Alan Kramer and Dan Todman, with an introduction by John Horne. (I will be reviewing this for Stand To!) //Essays covering diverse themes such as combat, occupation, civil identity, juvenile delinquency, chaplains, art and remembrance across several countries: Germany, France, Britain, colonial Africa, Belgium and Romania. Fourth in the series of edited proceedings from conferences sponsored by the International Society for First World War Studies. Other titles are Uncovered Fields, Warfare and Belligerence, and Untold War.
Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture
Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture by Pearl James ISBN: 9780803226104
Published by University of Nebraska Press on January 1st 2010
Genres: Art, History, Prints, Military, World War I
Pages: 398
Len's Summary: The war years marked the high water mark of the mass-produced poster. Essays by Jay Winter and Jennifer Keene among others reveal the impact of this art form on contemporary popular understanding of the conflict.
Living with Enza: The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918
Living with Enza: The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918 by Mark Honigsbaum ISBN: 9780230217744
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on February 3rd 2009
Genres: Health & Fitness, Diseases, Contagious, History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century, Medical, Infectious Diseases, Science
Pages: 237
Len's Summary: The story of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 in which over a quarter of a million died in the UK and another three million in British India.
The A to Z of World War I
The A to Z of World War I by Ian V. Hogg ISBN: 9780810868625
Published by Scarecrow Press on September 15th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Reference
Pages: 322
Len's Summary: A new survey history from an imprint known for its historical dictionaries.
A Fleet to be Forgotten: The Wooden Freighters of World War One
A Fleet to be Forgotten: The Wooden Freighters of World War One by Louis A. Hough Published by San Francisco Maritime History Press on 2009
Pages: 343
Len's Summary: The U. S. Shipping Board ordered 393 wooden hulled (yellow pine or Douglas fir) steam freighters in an emergency effort to replace mounting U-boat losses, but only a few of them saw service before the conflict ended. Most soon ended up in ships graveyards such as Curtis Creek off Chesapeake Bay; only a handful survived into the 1930s.
The Best of Fragments from France by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather
The Best of Fragments from France by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather by Bruce Bairnsfather, Valmai Holt, Tonie Holt ISBN: 1848841698
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Comic Strips & Cartoons
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: Cartoons from the famous British WWI officer who created the characters Old Bill, Bert and Alf, forerunners of Carl Mauldin’s WWII GIs Willie and Joe.
The Kaiser’s U-Boote
The Kaiser's U-Boote by Histoire & Collections ISBN: 9782913903968
on November 19th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: History of German submarine operations during WWI.
Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France
Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France by William C. Harvey, Avery Wolfe ISBN: 1932033947
Published by Casemate Publishers on December 2009
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: The diary and letters of Avery Royce Wolfe recounting his service as a volunteer ambulance driver with the American Field Service near Verdun and with French occupation forces in the Rhineland from June 1917 to April 1919. Excellent photos taken by Avery Wolfe illustrate this volume. // Letters of a volunteer ambulance driver in the French army at Verdun and during the Ludendorff offensives of 1918. // Letters of an American volunteer ambulance driver in the French Army.
Aces Falling: War Above the Trenches, 1918
Aces Falling: War Above the Trenches, 1918 by Peter Hart ISBN: 9780753824078
Published by Phoenix on January 6th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 386
Len's Summary: Dogfighting, bombing and sudden death.
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front by Peter Hart ISBN: 1605980811
Published by Pegasus Books on March 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain, Germany
Pages: 624
Len's Summary: Popular British historian Hart argues that the Somme battle was hardly senseless and that its participants were by no means “helpless victims.” Hart is also the author of many other books on the WWI era including A Very British Victory, Aces Falling and Bloody April.
Cambrai 1917: The Myth of the First Great Tank Battle
Cambrai 1917: The Myth of the First Great Tank Battle by Bryn Hammond ISBN: 9780297845539
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on November 4th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 500
Len's Summary: The author asserts that that innovative artillery tactics, not tanks (400 of them), were responsible for short-lived British successes at Cambrai. // The author sees the battle as a draw, but a nonetheless useful lesson leading toward more mobile warfare.
Doughboy War: The American Expeditionary Force in World War I
Doughboy War: The American Expeditionary Force in World War I by James H. Hallas ISBN: 9780811734677
Published by Stackpole Books on January 19th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, United States, Essays
Pages: 347
Len's Summary: Essays on the AEF experience.
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler by Thomas Hager ISBN: 9780307351791
Published by Three Rivers Press on August 18th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Science & Technology, Science, General
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: The story of German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch who developed a process for synthesizing and mass producing ammonia from hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen. The invention was used to replace natural nitrates as the base for fertilizer and explosives, fueling Germany’s 1914-1918 war effort. Haber also helped develop Germany’s poison gas capabilities. The author is a science and health writer.
The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia, 1914-1918
The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia, 1914-1918 by Jonathan E. Gumz ISBN: 9780521896276
Published by Cambridge University Press on June 15th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, General, Modern, 20th Century, Military
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Efforts to denationalize and depoliticize occupied Serbia and bring it back into the Dual Monarchy.
Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923
Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923 by Yücel Güçlü ISBN: 9780874809565
Published by University of Utah Press on June 30th 2009
Genres: Armenians, History, Middle East, Military, World War I, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 281
Len's Summary: An ancient Roman province, Cilicia is located in southeastern Turkey and was the site of forced resettlement and massacres of Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during WWI; one an increasing number of histories of the Ottoman Turks in World War One.
The Last Great War: British Society and the First World War
The Last Great War: British Society and the First World War by Adrian Gregory ISBN: 9780521728836
Published by Cambridge University Press on October 16th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century, Military, General, World War I, Social History
Pages: 362
Len's Summary: A new social history. // A ground-breaking new cultural and social history of the British home front.
Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War
Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War by Richard S. Grayson ISBN: 9781441105196
Published by A&C Black on September 23rd 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Ireland
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: The story of Irish Volunteers of the 36th and 16th Divisions challenges popular perceptions and explains why remembrance remains controversial in Belfast.
A Terrible Beauty: British Artists in the First World War
A Terrible Beauty: British Artists in the First World War by Paul Gough ISBN: 9781906593001
Published by Sansom & Company on June 16th 2014
Genres: Art, History, World War I
Pages: 335
Len's Summary: Artists look at the conflict.
The Army Medical Department, 1917-1941
The Army Medical Department, 1917-1941 by Mary C. Gillett, Center of Military History ISBN: 9781780390529
Published by Military Bookshop on November 23rd 2009
Genres: History, Military, United States
Pages: 668
Len's Summary: Traces the rapid growth and burgeoning expertise of the US Army Medical Department as a result of WWI.
The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman
The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman by D. M. Giangreco ISBN: 9780760332092
Published by Zenith Press on September 10th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Presidents & Heads of State, History, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 286
Len's Summary: Future President Harry “Give ‘Em Hell” Truman as an artillery officer on the Western Front.
We Hope to Get Word Tomorrow: The Garvin Family Letters, 1914-1916
We Hope to Get Word Tomorrow: The Garvin Family Letters, 1914-1916 by Mark Pottle, John Ledingham ISBN: 9781848325456
Published by Casemate Publishers on 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Veterans, Personal Accounts
Pages: 280
Len's Summary: Collection of letters from a young British subaltern to his mother and father at home. // Exchanges of letters between a young subaltern and his family in England.
The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy 1867-1918
The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy 1867-1918 by Zsuzsa Gaspar ISBN: 1847730078
on June 16th 2009
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A survey history of an often neglected major player in WWI; an experiment in multi-national, multi-ethnic empire.
Dover & Folkestone During the Great War
Dover & Folkestone During the Great War by Michael George, Christine George, Allan Willett ISBN: 184415842X
on June 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 162
Len's Summary: How the war impacted two Kentish ports vital to supplying and reinforcing the BEF in Flanders.
From Jutland to Junkyard
From Jutland to Junkyard by S.C. George ISBN: 9781843410102
Published by Birlinn on July 2009
Pages: 168
Len's Summary: The interwar salvage for scrap of a portion of the German High Seas Fleet scuttled by its crews at Scapa Flow in June 1919.
The Flatpack Bombers: The Royal Navy and the Zeppelin Menace
Flatpack Bombers: The Royal Navy and the Zeppelin Menace by Ian Gardiner ISBN: 9781848840713
Published by Casemate Publishers on August 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval, Aviation
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Early long-distance RN bombing raids against German Zeppelin sheds led to the development of aircraft carriers.
Americans All!: Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War I
Americans All!: Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War I by Nancy Gentile Ford ISBN: 9781603441322
Published by Texas A&M University Press on January 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies
Pages: 214
Len's Summary: New paperback edition of a book nominated for the Army Historical Association Distinguished Book Award for 2001. A surge of immigrant draftees in 1917 permanently challenged the way the US Army approached citizenship training.
British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War
British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War by Norman Friedman ISBN: 9781591140818
Published by Naval Institute Press on December 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, General, Naval, Great Britain
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: First detailed study of Royal Navy destroyers and their predecessors from the 1880s to the 1930s.
Ghosts on the Somme: Filming the Battle, June-July 1916
Ghosts on the Somme: Filming the Battle, June-July 1916 by Alastair H. Fraser, Steve Roberts, Andrew Robertshaw ISBN: 1844158365
on December 1st 2009
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: The story of how Jeffrey Malins filmed The Battle of the Somme, an officially-sponsored feature motion picture first shown to British audiences in 1916. The original film is still available remastered on DVD in Region Two (PAL) format from Amazon.co.uk and the Imperial War Museum shop.
Tanks and Trenches: First Hand Accounts of Tank Warfare in the First World War
Tanks and Trenches: First Hand Accounts of Tank Warfare in the First World War by David Fletcher ISBN: 9780752449364
on May 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, Weapons, World War I, Personal Accounts
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Reprint of the Bovington Tank Museum curator’s 1994 book filled with accounts from wartime tankers.
When Europe Went Mad: A Brief History of the First World War
When Europe Went Mad: A Brief History of the First World War by Terence T. Finn ISBN: 9781571974976
Published by Ivy House Publishing Group on October 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World
Pages: 76
Len's Summary: A survey history for general readers.
In the Company of Generals: The World War Diary of Pierpont L. Stackpole
In the Company of Generals: The World War Diary of Pierpont L. Stackpole by Pierpont L. Stackpole, Robert H. Ferrell ISBN: 0826218709
Published by University of Missouri on November 1st 2009
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: A critical look at Pershing’s command by an AEF staff officer at Chaumont complimented by marginal comments by the editor, a distinguished historian of Woodrow Wilson and WWI.
The Greek Media in World War I and its Aftermath
The Greek Media in World War I and its Aftermath by Georgia Eglezou ISBN: 9781845117870
Published by Tauris Academic Studies on March 15th 2009
Genres: Greece, Press and propaganda, History, Military, World War I, 20th Century, Europe, Social History, Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages: 261
Len's Summary: A study of the Athens’ press coverage of Greece in WWI and in the conflict between Greece and Turkey which followed the signing of the Treaty of Sevres (1920). The resultant Greek defeat led to the Greeks being driven from Turkey and Turkey regaining many of the territories (Smyrna, Thrace) lost after WWI and regained in the Treaty of Lausanne (1923).
The Missing of the Somme
The Missing of the Somme by Geoff Dyer ISBN: 9780307742971
Published by Vintage Books on August 9th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Art, Criticism & Theory
Pages: 157
Len's Summary: Myth and memory influencing our memory of the conflict.
Magnificent But Not War: The Second Battle of Ypres
Magnificent But Not War: The Second Battle of Ypres by John Dixon ISBN: 184415890X
Published by Pen & Sword Books on April 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 370
Len's Summary: Detailed day-to-day accounting of the battles of April and May 1915 around the Belgian cloth town of Ypres.
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
