Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent by Ernest Freeberg ISBN: 9780674057203
Published by Harvard University Press on May 31st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, Civil Rights
Pages: 380
Len's Summary: This is the story of an early 20th century conflict between the perceived demands of national security and the constitutional guarantee of free speech that led to the creation of the American Civil Liberties Union. Railway labor leader and five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate, Eugene Debs (1855-1926) is forgotten today, but won nearly a million popular votes in 1912 and 1920. Debs ran for President in 1920 from a jail cell convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act cell because of his outspoken opposition to American entry into WWI. He was pardoned in 1921 by President Warren G. Harding. The author teaches at the University of Tennessee.
Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet
Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet by Michael Epkenhans ISBN: 9781574887327
Published by Potomac Books on March 30th 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, Germany, World War I, Naval
Pages: 107
Len's Summary: A biography of Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) whose long career took him from naval command to the postwar Reichstag.
We Will Not Fight…: The Untold Story of World War Ones Conscientious Objectors
We Will Not Fight...: The Untold Story of World War Ones Conscientious Objectors by Will Ellsworth-Jones ISBN: 1845133005
Published by Aurum on 2008
Pages: 296
Len's Summary: The story of England’s conscientious objectors, many of whom were jailed for refusing to serve in the armed forces.
The Devil’s Own War: The Diary of Herbert Hart – Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they happened
The Devil's Own War: The Diary of Herbert Hart - Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they happened by John Crawford ISBN: 0908988222
Published by Exisle Publishing on March 15th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Australia & New Zealand
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Wairarapa lawyer Hart jointed the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a Major in 1914 rising to brigade command after serving as a battalion CO at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. After the war he was knighted and served as Administrator of Western Samoa.
Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace
Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace by John Milton Cooper Jr. ISBN: 0801890748
Published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press on September 30th 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, History, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 376
Len's Summary: A series of essays reexamining Wilson’s policies and legacy.
The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot
The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot by Christopher M. Burgess ISBN: 1844157415
on November 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Aviation
Len's Summary: The war of 65 Squadron RFC pilot Guy Mainwaring Knocker written by his grandson drawing on his letters and diaries.
Petain: Verdun to Vichy
Petain: Verdun to Vichy by Robert Bowman Bruce ISBN: 1574885987
Published by Potomac Books on September 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, France, World War I, World War II
Pages: 150
Len's Summary: A short biography by the winner of the WFA 2004 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Book Prize.
Kitchener’s Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War
Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War by Henry Allingham, Dennis Goodwin, HRH Prince Charles ISBN: 1845964160
Published by Mainstream Publishing on October 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Military, General, World War I, Political
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Alingham served on land, at sea at Jutland and in the air with the Royal Naval Air Service.
Balfour: The Last Grandee
Balfour: The Last Grandee by R.J.Q. Adams ISBN: 0719554241
Published by John Murray on November 15th 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, History, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 496
Len's Summary: A biography Sir Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905, Lloyd George’s wartime Foreign Secretary, author of the declaration promising a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and British negotiator at the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference of 1921-22.
Private Beatson’s War: Life, Death and Hope on the Western Front
Private Beatson’s War: Life, Death and Hope on the Western Front by Shaun Springer, Henry Allingham, Stuart Humphreys, James Beatson ISBN: 1848840829
on November 1st 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Veterans
Pages: 154
Len's Summary: From the dairy of British soldiers killed at High Wood on the Somme.
Another Life: Lawrence After Arabia
Another Life: Lawrence After Arabia by Andrew R. B. Simpson ISBN: 9780752463582
Published by History Press on June 1st 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World War I
Pages: 366
Len's Summary: Yet another in an unending line of books about Lawrence of Arabia, this one focussing on his post-war career, particularly in the Tank Corps and the RAF.
Infantry Attacks
Infantry Attacks by Erwin Rommel ISBN: 9780960273607
Published by Athena Press on 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Strategy
Pages: 325
Len's Summary: First published in 1937, Rommel’s work quickly became a standard military text.
John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War
John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War by Jeffrey S. Reznick ISBN: 9780719077920
Published by Manchester University Press on March 15th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War II, Biography & Autobiography, Literary, Social Science, People with Disabilities
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: The winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize and author of The Forsyte Saga writes about the care of soldiers disabled by war wounds both physical and psychological. Available in the US in 2010, or immediately from Amazon.co.uk.
Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917
Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917 by Jeff Patrick ISBN: 1603440968
Published by Texas A&M University Press on February 10th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Personal Memoirs, History, Military, United States, State & Local, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Studies
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: This memoir offers a look at a professional soldier’s life and attitudes in the early 20th century.
Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps
Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps by James McCudden ISBN: 1935149105
Published by Casemate on October 1st 2009
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Autobiography of a British aero ace with 57 victories and winner of the Victoria Cross.
A German Officer During the Armenian Genocide: A Biography of Max Von Scheubner-Richter
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.
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.
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 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.
The Desert Baron: Friedrich: A Warrior for All Seasons
The Desert Baron: Friedrich: A Warrior for All Seasons by Conrad Crease ISBN: 9781439221006
Published by BookSurge Publishing on May 4th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Germany, Aviation, Biography & Autobiography
Pages: 241
Len's Summary: Biography of the German officer who led the 1916 Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, defended Armenians against Turkish genocide and Georgia from both the Turks and the Bolsheviks. Order from www.booksurge.com
The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome
The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome by Roland Chambers ISBN: 9781567924176
Published by David R. Godine on March 2nd 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Literary, History
Pages: 389
Len's Summary: The story of an MI6 agent who lived in Russia and the Baltic States from 1913 to 1922. Ransome is best remembered as the successful author of children’s stories.
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter ISBN: 9781400079124
Published by Vintage Books on March 8th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Biography & Autobiography, Royalty, Europe, General
Pages: 498
Len's Summary: The story of three cousins: King George V of Great Britain, Tzar Nicholas II of Russia and Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and the road to war in 1914.
Armenian Golgotha
Armenian Golgotha by Grigoris Balakian, Peter Balakian ISBN: 1400096774
Published by Vintage Books on March 9th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Personal Memoirs, History, Asia, General, Middle East
Pages: 576
Len's Summary: The memoirs of an Armenian Apostolic priest and intellectual who disguised himself as a railway worker and escaped the WWI Armenian bloodbath. The translator is the author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and the American Response (Harper Collins, 2004). One of a spate of books being published as the 100 anniversary of the Ottoman massacres of Armenians nears.
Hitler’s First War: Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment, and the First World War
Hitler's First War: Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment, and the First World War by Thomas Weber ISBN: 9780199226382
Published by Oxford University Press on September 29th 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, History, Europe, Germany, World War I
Pages: 450
Len's Summary: Draws on the writings of Hitler’s fellow soldiers of the List Regiment to offer a different view that that presented in Mein Kampf; challenges common wisdom that WWI was a seminal catastrophe for Gemany. See also: Corporal Hitler and the Great War.
Edith Cavell: Nurse, Martyr, Heroine
Edith Cavell: Nurse, Martyr, Heroine by Diana Souhami ISBN: 1849163596
Published by Quercus Publishing on September 1st 2010
Pages: 417
Len's Summary: New bio of a British nurse executed by the German for aiding in the escape of British and French soldiers from occupied Belgium in 1914 and 1915.
Gunther Pluschow: Airmen, Escaper and Explorer
Gunther Pluschow: Airmen, Escaper and Explorer by Anton Rippon ISBN: 9781848841321
on March 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World War I, Germany, Aviation
Pages: 194
Len's Summary: Plüschow flew against the British and Japanese out of Tsing Tao and was the only POW to escape England and make his way back to Germany.
‘Blinker’ Hall: Spymaster, The Man who Brought America into World War I
‘Blinker’ Hall: Spymaster, The Man who Brought America into World War I by David Ramsay ISBN: 9780752453989
Published by History Press Limited on April 1st 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Naval
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: The story of the British Director of Naval Intelligence and Room 40 which broke the German naval and diplomatic codes revealing to Woodrow Wilson the infamous Zimmerman Telegram. Also available in hard cover.
Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War
Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War by Shawna M. Quinn ISBN: 9780864926333
Published by Goose Lane Editions on October 29th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Canada
Pages: 171
Len's Summary: The experiences of a New Brunswick nurse drawn from her wartime correspondence and diaries.
The Way of Duty, Honor, Country: The Memoir of General Charles Pelot Summerall
The Way of Duty, Honor, Country: The Memoir of General Charles Pelot Summerall by Charles Pelot Summerall, Timothy Nenninger ISBN: 9780813126180
Published by University Press of Kentucky on September 22nd 2010
Genres: History, Military, United States, Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 298
Len's Summary: Autobiography of a man who got things done. See also the new Summerall biography by W. Gary Nichols (White Mane, 2011).
Chitral Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Major General Charles Townsend
Chitral Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Major General Charles Townsend by N. S. Nash ISBN: 9781848842762
on June 2010
Genres: Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Great Britain, World War I, Military, Middle East
Pages: 326
Len's Summary: Biography of the British General who surrendered his besieged British Indian Army division at Kut, Mesopotamia, in 1916 assessing whether his fall from grace was fair.
Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson’s First Ladies
Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies by Kristie Miller ISBN: 9780700617371
Published by University Press of Kansas on October 15th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, Women, History, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 348
Len's Summary: Wilson’s wives major influence on his life and politics.
The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War
The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War by David Laskin ISBN: 9780061233333
Published by Harper Perennial on March 15th 2011
Genres: History, General, Biography & Autobiography, World War I
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: The stories of a dozen recent immigrants who served in the AEF.
David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider
David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider by Roy Hattersley ISBN: 1408700972
Published by Little Brown and Company on September 1st 2010
Pages: 709
Len's Summary: A new biography of Lloyd George, Great Britain’s PM in the final two years of WWI, a politician who exploited the Establishment, but never wanted to join it. The author is a journalist and former British MP.
Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became a War Hero
Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became a War Hero by Neil Hanson ISBN: 0307266559
Published by Knopf on October 5th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Criminals & Outlaws, History, World War I
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: Biography of a New York City gangster who served with distinction in the 106th Infantry Regiment of the 27th Division of the AEF.
Caissons Go Rolling Along – A Memoir of an American in Post-World War I Germany
Caissons Go Rolling Along - A Memoir of an American in Post-World War I Germany by Johnson Hagood, Larry A. Grant ISBN: 1611172187
Published by University of South Carolina Press on December 5th 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: General Hagood’s impressions of his artillery brigade’s march into Germany, wartime devastation, the defeated enemy, occupied territories and his tour of the recent battlefields.
A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolsheviks: A Memoir
A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolsheviks: A Memoir ISBN: 9780802865205 Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing on September 14th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, World War II, United States, Other, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 187
Len's Summary: Memoir of a member of the 337th Field Hospital part of a 5,000-man American Army unit in Northern Russia from 1918 to 1919.
Bolo Pacha: A Forgotten Story About Men & Women Who Made History in WWI
Bolo Pacha: A Forgotten Story About Men & Women Who Made History in WWI by Shelby F. Westbrook ISBN: 9781426921759
Published by AuthorHouse on January 20th 2010
Pages: 108
Len's Summary: Frenchman Paul Marie Bolo was a war profiteer at the heart of a German effort to control French newspapers during WWI.
SEPPL – A Step Ahead of Politics
Seppl by Klaus Veltjens ISBN: 9781442145825
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on July 8th 2009
Pages: 264
Len's Summary: Biography of WWI 35-victory air ace Johann Veltjens, whose career extended into World War II; written by this son.
Ace of the Black Cross: The Memoirs of Ernst Udet
Ace of the Black Cross: The Memoirs of Ernst Udet by Ernst Udet ISBN: 9781848327085
Published by Frontline Books on October 2013
Pages: 202
Len's Summary: With an introductory essay placing Udet’s career in the context of his time. // Autobiography of Germany’s second leading WWI ace first published in 1936.
Guerrilla Leader: T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
Guerrilla Leader ISBN: 9780553807646 Published by Bantam Books on November 8th 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, History, Middle East, General, World War I
Pages: 328
Len's Summary: Puts aside Lawrence mythology to examine his influence on battlefield leadership.
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
