Grasping Gallipoli: Terrain, Maps and Failure at the Dardanelles, 1915 by Peter Chasseaud, Peter Doyle ISBN: 0750962267
Published by The History Press on June 1st 2015
Genres: Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Australia & New Zealand, Military, Turkey & Ottoman Empire
Pages: 364
Len's Summary: The authors contend that the lessons from this campaign have been overdrawn by military historians.
Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers’ War 1914-18
Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914-18 by Peter Barton, Peter Doyle, Johan Vandewalle ISBN: 0773543015
on January 1st 2014
Genres: Military
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: A story of a cat-and-mouse game of mine warfare which is still relevant since several mines remain unexploded deep beneath the former Western Front. A good companion volume to the CD video Miners at War available from www.puddleproductions.co.uk or phone (866) 991-3627 toll-free from the US or Canada.
The British Soldier of the First World War
The British Soldier of the First World War by Peter Doyle ISBN: 0747806837
Published by Shire on November 18th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 56
Len's Summary: The soldiers’ life training, working and resting behind the front.
British Postcards of the First World War
British Postcards of the First World War, by Peter Doyle ISBN: 9780747807667
Published by Shire Publications on April 20th 2010
Genres: Antiques & Collectibles, Postcards, History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 64
Len's Summary: Black and white and color reproductions of British wartime postcards of cultural and historical significance.
First World War Britain: 1914-1919
First World War Britain: 1914-1919 by Peter Doyle ISBN: 9780747810988
Published by Shire Publications on June 19th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Social History
Pages: 80
Len's Summary: Life on the home front. Outlines the social upheaval, official restrictions and privations of total war that impacted the home front.
Trench Talk: Words of the First World War
Trench Talk: Words of the First World War by Peter Doyle, Julian Walker ISBN: 9780752471549
Published by History Press on January 1st 2013
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics, Etymology
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: How soldiers’ slang merged into everyday language.
Len Shurtleff
Good-bye to All That: Len Shurtleff Goes West
Ambassador Shurtleff, a retired American Foreign Service officer who served as President of The World War One Historical Association and as a past President of The Western Front Association – U S Branch, passed away on January 22, 2014. The searchable version of Len’s Bookshelf was created and will be maintained in his honor.
