The Hounds of Ulster: A History of the Northern Irish Regiments in the Great War by Gavin Hughes ISBN: 9783034308335
Published by Peter Lang on May 21st 2012
Genres: History, Europe, General, Ireland
Pages: 305
Len's Summary: The Ulstermen fought in two cavalry and three infantry regiments, as well as the Irish Guards. A political, military and social history.
Organized Patriotism and the Crucible of War: Popular Imperialism in Britain, 1914-1932
Organized Patriotism and the Crucible of War: Popular Imperialism in Britain, 1914-1932 by Matthew C. Hendley ISBN: 9780773539617
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press on February 27th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 360
Len's Summary: Shows how the strains and stresses of war reshaped popular patriotism and imperialism in Britain by comparing the pre- and post-war histories of three major patriotic organizations.
The Mediterranean Fleet 1919-1929
The Mediterranean Fleet 1919-1929 by Paul Halpern ISBN: 9781409427568
Published by Ashgate Publishing on December 1st 2011
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 19th Century
Pages: 620
Len's Summary: With the end of WWI, conflicts involving the RN continued in the around the Black Sea, in Turkey and its former territories, and between Turkey and Greece. This is a continuation of Halpern’s 1987 work The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean 1915-1918 (Glower Publishing Company). The author teaches at Florida State and is the leading Anglo-American expert on WWI in the Mediterranean.
At Home and under Fire: Air Raids and Culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz
At Home and under Fire: Air Raids and Culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz by Susan R. Grayzel ISBN: 9781107679412
Published by Cambridge University Press on February 27th 2014
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century, Military, World War I, World War II
Pages: 356
Len's Summary: Beginning with Zeppelin and Gotha raids in 1915 -1918, the author traces the civilian response to bombing in two wars and government attempts to cope with the threat to civilian morale.
British Cruisers of the Victorian Era
British Cruisers of the Victorian Era by Norman Friedman ISBN: 9781591140689
Published by Naval Institute Press on November 15th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Other, Naval
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: The last class of these fast, lightly-protected cruisers designed mainly to serve at far-flung foreign stations was built in 1906. Many, though obsolescent, served in WWI.
Race and War in France: Colonial Subjects in the French Army, 1914-1918
Race and War in France: Colonial Subjects in the French Army, 1914-1918 by Richard S. Fogarty ISBN: 9781421407661
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press on December 5th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, France, Military, World War I, General, Strategy, Social History
Pages: 400
Len's Summary: Paperback version of an excellent social-military-political history first published by Johns Hopkins in 2008. How French egalitarianism was challenged by the conscription of more than half a million colonial troops during WWI, a “blood tax” levied on her African and Asian subjects. // An excellent scholarly analysis of colonial troops at war; a study of contradictory and paradoxical French policies on race, culture and religion in wartime drawing on individual experiences among the half million African, Arab and Asian soldiers who served France in WWI. Winner of the Phi Alpha Theta First Book Prize. The author teaches at SUNY Albany.
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.
The Surplus Woman: Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918
The Surplus Woman: Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 by Catherine L. Dollard ISBN: 9780857453136
Published by Berghahn Books on January 1st 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Social Science, Gender Studies
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: Feminist social history.
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis ISBN: 9780375708152
Published by Vintage Books on October 2nd 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Adventurers & Explorers, History, Europe, Great Britain, Expeditions & Discoveries
Pages: 655
Len's Summary: First published in hardcover by Knopf in 2011, this is the story of how battle-scarred WWI veterans conquered Mt. Everest for the first time.
The Russian Revolution: World War to Civil War 1917-1921
The Russian Revolution: World War to Civil War 1917-1921 by Nik Cornish ISBN: 9781848843752
Published by Pen and Sword on July 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Revolutionary, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: The Russo-German peace of Brest-Litovsk and subsequent civil war fought on many fronts and with much outside intervention. A History Book Club selection written by the former President of the Eastern Front Association.
German Colonialism: A Short History
German Colonialism: A Short History by Sebastian Conrad ISBN: 9781107400474
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 17th 2011
Genres: History, Europe, General, Modern, Political Science, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Pages: 246
Len's Summary: A succinct survey history of German colonial expansion and policies from 1885 until it lost its colonial possessions in the Pacific, Asia and Africa as a result of WWI. Unlike several recent studies, this one contends that German colonial policy, though undeniably harsh and racially biased, did not necessarily fore shadow the Holocaust and was not dissimilar to that of France and Britain. (Originally published in German in 2008.)
Suvla: August Offensive – Gallipoli
Suvla: August Offensive - Gallipoli by Stephen Chambers ISBN: 9781848845435
Published by Pen and Sword on February 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Middle East, Turkey & Ottoman Empire
Pages: 250
Len's Summary: Battle analysis and tour guide wrapped into one volume. -- Story of a mismanaged initially unopposed landing that led only to stalemate.
British Battleships of World War One
British Battleships of World War One by R. A. Burt ISBN: 9781591140535
Published by Naval Institute Press on November 15th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Naval, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Revised edition of an excellent and detailed reference work.
The Edwardian Army: Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914
The Edwardian Army: Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914 by Timothy Bowman ISBN: 0199542783
Published by Oxford University Press on September 26th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century, Military, General
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: The shock of the Boer War led to massive reform in the British Army increasing its readiness, but not necessarily preparing it for The Great War
Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918
Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918 by Jonathan Boff ISBN: 9781107449022
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 20th 2014
Genres: History, Military, General, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 310
Len's Summary: The final 100 days’ battles drawing on British and German archival material.
Churchill and Sea Power
Churchill and Sea Power by Christopher M. Bell ISBN: 9780199693573
Published by OUP Oxford on October 25th 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, History, Europe, Great Britain, General, World War I, World War II, Naval, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 429
Len's Summary: Analysis of Churchill’s controversial role in as political head of the Royal Navy in two world wars.
Martin Heidegger and the First World War: Being and Time as Funeral Oration
Martin Heidegger and the First World War: Being and Time as Funeral Oration by William H. F. Altman ISBN: 9781498516259
Published by Lexington Books on March 25th 2015
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Philosophy, History & Surveys, Modern
Pages: 350
Len's Summary: An examination of Heidegger’s theories against the background of The Great War.
The Downfall of Money: Germany’s Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class
The Downfall of Money: Germany’s Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class by Fred Taylor ISBN: 9781620402368
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on September 17th 2013
Genres: Business & Economics, Finance, General, Inflation, Money & Monetary Policy, History, Europe, Germany
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: Traces the hyperinflation of 1923 back to 1914 and war-time inflationary financing, and finds that what doomed the first German democracy (the Weimar Republic) was deflation, not inflation.
Magic Lantern Empire: Colonialism and Society in Germany
Magic Lantern Empire: Colonialism and Society in Germany by John Phillip Short ISBN: 9780801450945
Published by Cornell University Press on November 20th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Social History, Social Science, Popular Culture
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: An examination of the intersection of imperialism, modern mass culture, politics and public restructuring in Wilhelmine Germany. -- A multi-source study of German colonialism as a mass cultural and political phenomenon; nuanced accounting of how ordinary Germans understood and articulated the concept of overseas empire.
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince by Jane Ridley ISBN: 9780812972634
Published by Random House Incorporated on August 12th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Royalty, History, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 726
Len's Summary: How Queen Victoria’s least favorite son became an effective, respected constitutional monarch and a principal architect of the 1904 Anglo-French Entente. Also in Kindle for $12.59.
Air and Sea Power in World War I: Combat and Experience in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy
Air and Sea Power in World War I: Combat and Experience in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy by Maryam Philpott ISBN: 9781780761510
Published by I.B.Tauris on July 25th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, History, Western, Military, World War I, Aviation, Naval, Social History
Pages: 258
Len's Summary: An analysis of how British aviators and naval officers coped with technical innovation in time of war.
Prisoners of Britain: German Civilian and Combatant Internees During the First World War
Prisoners of Britain: German Civilian and Combatant Internees During the First World War by Panikos Panayi ISBN: 9780719078347
Published by Manchester University Press on February 5th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: By the end of the war, Britain held prisoner an unprecedented number of POWs and enemy aliens: over half a million worldwide including some 160,000 at one camp on the Isle of Man.
The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British Foreign Policy, 1865-1914
The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British Foreign Policy, 1865-1914 by T. G. Otte ISBN: 9781107613102
Published by Cambridge University Press on August 22nd 2013
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, General, 20th Century, Political Science, International Relations
Pages: 468
Len's Summary: Study of the underlying principles and elite perceptions that shaped British foreign policy before the outbreak of WWI. -- How British elites shaped foreign policy — a look at the pre-1914 arms race, balance of powder in Europe and the causes of WWI.
July 1914: Countdown to War
July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin ISBN: 9780465060740
Published by Basic Books on April 29th 2014
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Political Science, International Relations
Pages: 460
Len's Summary: Analysis of the frenetic activities of often desperate diplomats and more sanguine soldiers by the winner of the 2011 WW1HA Tomlinson Book Prize. A fast-paced account of some of the most important decisions of the 20th century. The author spares no one, but lays much of the blame on France and Russia. See also The Lions of July: Prelude to War, 1914,William Jannen, Presidio Press, 1997.
Years of Plenty, Years of Want: France and the Legacy of the Great War
Years of Plenty, Years of Want: France and the Legacy of the Great War by Benjamin F. Martin ISBN: 9780875804682
Published by Northern Illinois University Press on March 15th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, France
Pages: 239
Len's Summary: A political-social history of France from the early 1900s to the beginning of WWII.
The Fall of Tsarism: Untold Stories of the February 1917 Revolution
The Fall of Tsarism: Untold Stories of the February 1917 Revolution by Semion Lyandres ISBN: 9780198713487
Published by Oxford University Press on September 2nd 2014
Genres: History, Revolutionary, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 322
Len's Summary: Based on interviews with leading participants in the uprising of February 1917 that toppled the House of Romanov. The author teaches at Notre Dame. -- Draws on new material available from interviews with participants.
Defending Neutrality: The Netherlands Prepared for War 1900-1925
Defending Neutrality: The Netherlands Prepared for War 1900-1925 by Wim Klinkert ISBN: 9789004227477
Published by Brill on June 1st 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I
Pages: 328
Len's Summary: Neutral Holland’s experience of WWI, when its army was mobilized against German invasion, its colonial trade largely cut off by British blockade, and its social fabric stressed almost to the breaking point.
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World by Greg King, Sue Woolmans ISBN: 9781250000163
Published by Macmillan on September 3rd 2013
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Royalty, History, Military, World War I, Europe, Austria & Hungary
Pages: 432
Len's Summary: Tells the story of the act that sparked WWI while examining the family life, personality and politics of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the context of the Habsburg ruling house of a fissiparous multi-national empire.
The Legacies of Two World Wars: European Societies in the Twentieth Century
The Legacies of Two World Wars: European Societies in the Twentieth Century by Lothar Kettenacker, Torsten Riotte ISBN: 9781782381150
Published by Berghahn Books on December 1st 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Modern, 20th Century, Social History
Pages: 332
Len's Summary: The relation between public opinion and war in Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany. -- Illustrates that distinctions between enthusiasm for war and concern for its consequences are seldom clear cut.
Militarism and the British Left, 1902-1914
Militarism and the British Left, 1902-1914 by Matthew Johnson ISBN: 9781137274120
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on January 18th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, Other, Modern, 20th Century, Social History
Pages: 247
Len's Summary: Prior to 1914, British socialists, Liberals and Laborites displayed ambivalent attitudes toward the military services.
1913: The Year Before the Storm
1913: The Year Before the Storm by Florian Illies, Shaun Whiteside, Jamie Lee Searle ISBN: 1612193919
Published by Melville House on October 7th 2014
Genres: Art, History, Europe, General, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: A snapshot approach to the war month by month emphasizing cultural changes propelling Europe toward conflict. Engaging.
Germany’s Western Front: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War, 1915
Germany’s Western Front: Translations from the German Official History of the Great War, 1915 by Mark Osborne Humphries, John Maker ISBN: 155458051X
Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press on March 1st 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Strategy
Pages: 413
Len's Summary: Offers German perspective on the battles of 1915.
The Great War (Imperial War Museums)
The Great War (Imperial War Museums) by Mark Holborn, Hilary Roberts ISBN: 0385350708
Published by Knopf on October 29th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 504
Len's Summary: A large-format coffee table pictorial history of the conflict with 380 period photographs; issued to commemorate the 1914-18 centennial.
Transforming 1916: Meaning, Memory and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Easter Rising
Transforming 1916 by Roisín Higgins ISBN: 9781859184868
Published by Cork University Press on April 23rd 2012
Genres: History, Historiography, Europe, Ireland
Pages: 275
Len's Summary: Discusses the significance of the Rising to Irish politics, north and south.
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings ISBN: 9780307597052
Published by Random House Incorporated on September 24th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 688
Len's Summary: One of a spate of recent books tracing the road to war in 1914. See also The Origins of the War of 1914 (in three volumes), Luigi Albertini (Enigma Books, 2005 reprint). An acclaimed and lengthy analysis written in the 1930s by an Italian historian.
The German-Jewish Soldiers of the First World War in History and Memory
The German-Jewish Soldiers of the First World War in History and Memory by Tim Grady ISBN: 9781846318511
Published by Liverpool University Press on February 15th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, Germany
Pages: 260
Len's Summary: Suspect even during the war, Jews' loyal service (12 thousand died) to Germany was further denigrated by Nazi politics and propaganda. -- More than 100,000 German Jews fought in WWI and 12,000 died. The book focuses on the multifaceted ways in which these men are remembered.
War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War
War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War by Robert Gerwarth, John Horne ISBN: 9780199686056
Published by OUP Oxford on October 3rd 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Former Soviet Republics, Military, World War I, Revolutionary, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern, 20th Century, Social History, Political Science, Political Freedom
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Conflicts lasting through 1923 broke out in Ireland, Italy, Eastern and Central Europe, and Turkey.
Abandoning American Neutrality: Woodrow Wilson and the Beginning of the Great War, August 1914 – December 1915
Abandoning American Neutrality: Woodrow Wilson and the Beginning of the Great War, August 1914 – December 1915 by M. Ryan Floyd ISBN: 9781137334114
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on September 5th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Political Science
Pages: 262
Len's Summary: Traces Wilson’s ultimately unsuccessful efforts to keep America out of war in the face of political, economic and financial imperatives.
From the Front Line: The Extraordinary Life of Sir Basil Clarke
From the Front Line: The Extraordinary Life of Sir Basil Clarke by Richard Evans ISBN: 9780752494296
Published by History Press Limited on September 1st 2013
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: An intrepid war correspondent reported on the war from Flanders and on the Somme, covered the Irish Easter Rising of 1916, became the UK’s first public relations officer in 1917, and in 1924 founded the first British public relations firm.
Pubs and Patriots: The Drink Crisis in Britain during World War One
Pubs and Patriots: The Drink Crisis in Britain during World War One by Robert Duncan ISBN: 9781846318955
Published by Liverpool University Press on November 15th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 262
Len's Summary: Lloyd George flirts with prohibition and limits pub opening hours ostensibly to keep munitions and other war industries workers sober. Restricted pub opening hours remained in effect into the 1980s.
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
