Seeking Victory on the Western Front: The British Army and Chemical Warfare in World War I by Albert Palazzo ISBN: 9780803237254
on March 2000
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 239
Len's Summary: Takes a revisionist view of the effectiveness of chemical warfare on the Western Front.
Your Country Needs You — From Six to Sixty-Five Divisions
Your Country Needs You — From Six to Sixty-Five Divisions by Martin Middlebrook ISBN: 9780850527094
on July 27th 1999
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: The story of the expansion of the British Army during WWI from a colonial constabulary to a force of over two million men.
Death of an Army
Death of an Army by Anthony Farrar-Hockley ISBN: 9781853266980
on 2000
Pages: 195
Forgotten Victory: The First World War – Myths and Realities
Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities by Gary Sheffield ISBN: 0747271577
Published by Headline on December 31st 2001
Pages: 298
Len's Summary: The is definitely worth reading as a revisionist look at the causes, strategy, leadership and consequences of The Great War in Great Britain and America. Not a survey history, but rather a first class series of essays.
Kitchener
Kitchener by John Charles Pollock ISBN: 9780094803404
Published by Constable on February 3rd 2001
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Political, World War I
Pages: 598
Len's Summary: All about a resolutely old-fashioned Field Marshall — an officer anda gentleman. Reviewed in the Financial Times, April 21, 2001.
Pessimism and British War Policy, 1916-1918
Pessimism and British War Policy, 1916-1918 by Brock Millman ISBN: 0415761263
Published by Routledge on July 1st 2001
Pages: 336
Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance
Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance by Nuala C. Johnson ISBN: 9780521826167
Published by Cambridge University Press on May 29th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, Modern, 20th Century, Historical Geography, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Also recommended: Dr. Edward Brynn’s article on The Conscription Debate in Ireland during the First World War presented at the September 2005 WFA national seminar at Newport News and available from Carl Barna at kmbarna@msn.com
Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale
Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale by Timothy Bowman ISBN: 9780719062858
Published by Manchester University Press on February 6th 2006
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, Military, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 256
British Culture And The First World War
British Culture And The First World War by George Robb ISBN: 9780333715710
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on June 29th 2002
Pages: 274
Len's Summary: A social history examining how WWI changed England and how much remained the same; received a strongly favorable review in War in History.
Command and Cohesion: The Citizen Soldier and Minor Tactics in the British Army, 1870-1918
Command and Cohesion: The Citizen Soldier and Minor Tactics in the British Army, 1870-1918 by Michael Ramsay on March 30th 2002
Pages: 264
Shell Shock: Traumatic Neurosis and the British Soldiers of the First World War
Shell Shock: Traumatic Neurosis and the British Soldiers of the First World War by Peter Leese ISBN: 9780333969267
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on September 21st 2002
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A full-length treatment of post traumatic stress syndrome.
Ireland and the Great War
Ireland and the Great War by Keith Jeffery ISBN: 9780521773232
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 9th 2000
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Covers the experiences of both Protestant and Catholic formations.
Lloyd George: War Leader, 1916-1918
Lloyd George: War Leader, 1916-1918 by John Grigg ISBN: 9780713993431
Published by Allen Lane on 2002
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Biography & Autobiography, Political, Military, World War I
Pages: 669
Len's Summary: The forth volume in a biography takes Lloyd George from his supplanting of Asquith in 1916 to the end of the war.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919, Volume 2: A Cultural History
Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919, Volume 2: A Cultural History by Jay Winter ISBN: 0521870437
Published by Cambridge University Press on September 6th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, General, France, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Social History, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 545
Len's Summary: The first volume in this useful and finely-crafted comparative study covered social and economic effects of the war; this volume concentrates on the cultural impact of the conflict on the home front. Contributors include Tomlinson Prize- winner Annette Becker.
Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote: The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War
Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote: The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War by Jo Vellacott ISBN: 9780230013353
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on August 15th 2007
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: Argues that the vote for British women was no foregone conclusion despite their significant contributions to the war effort.
Kitchener’s Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 – 1916
Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 - 1916 by Peter Simkins ISBN: 1473821282
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 19th 2014
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: Examines the main political, economic and social effects of raising tens of thousands of volunteers, as well as their training, feeding, housing and equipment. Written by the author of several well-received WWI histories. // A million volunteers…by a premier WWI historian. These were the men who fought on the Somme.
The Zionist Masquerade: The Birth of the Anglo-Zionist Alliance 1914-1918
The Zionist Masquerade: The Birth of the Anglo-Zionist Alliance 1914-1918 by James Renton ISBN: 9780230547186
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on November 15th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Social History, Jewish, Middle East, General
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: A reexamination of British policy towards Jews and Zionism during the First World War, a fundamental turning point in the history of the Middle East.
The Good Soldier: A Biography of Douglas Haig
The Good Soldier: A Biography of Douglas Haig by Gary Mead ISBN: 1843542803
Published by Atlantic Books on November 8th 2007
Pages: 608
Len's Summary: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1843542803/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1843542803&linkCode=as2&tag=worlwaroneh0a-20&linkId=4EELSZYVXBWWNG4O
Cheshire Bantams: 15th, 16th and 17th Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment
Cheshire Bantams: 15th, 16th and 17th Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment by Stephen McGreal ISBN: 1844155242
Published by Pen & Sword Military on October 1st 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: The story of battalions formed from diminutive (five-foot tall) volunteers.
Conservative Party and Anglo-German Relations, 1905-1914
Conservative Party and Anglo-German Relations, 1905-1914 by Frank McDonough ISBN: 9780230517110
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on June 15th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Germany
Pages: 184
Len's Summary: A scholarly corrective to the traditional depiction of the Conservatives as “scaremongers” and the chief source of anti-German views in the pre-war period.
Prisoners of War in British Hands During WWI: A Study of Their History, the Camps and Their Mails
Prisoners of War in British Hands During WWI: A Study of Their History, the Camps and Their Mails by Graham Mark ISBN: 0853770298
on October 2007
Pages: 266
Len's Summary: $70 hardcover available from Philatelic Bibliopole, Box 36006, Louisville, KY 40233-6006 e-mail Leonard@pbbooks.net or go to www.pbbooks.com, or buy it from www.amazon.co.uk for £26.99. For stamp collectors.
Through the Dark Night: The War Diary of the Master of Belhaven, Royal Artillery 1914-1918
Through the Dark Night: The War Diary of the Master of Belhaven, Royal Artillery 1914-1918 by Ralph Hamilton ISBN: 1874622833
on April 2007
Pages: 312
Len's Summary: Complete diary entries of a career officer supplemented by sketch maps.
The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance and Medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914-1940
The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance and Medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914-1940 by Stefan Goebel ISBN: 0521123062
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 12th 2009
Pages: 357
Len's Summary: The author believes that people in Britain and Germany grappled with the horrors of industrialized war by arranging the sacrifices of its victims on a historical continuum stretching back to and emphasizing the Middle Ages. // A comparative history of the cultural impact of war.
King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War
King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War by Catrine Clay ISBN: 0802716237
Published by Walker Books on July 10th 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Royalty, History, General, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: Narrative history first published in the UK by Gardners Books last year; written by the British producer/director of a television documentary of the same name. Based in part on royal letters and diaries.
Happy Odyssey
Happy Odyssey by Adrian Carton De Wiart ISBN: 1844155390
Published by Pen & Sword Books on November 1st 2007
Pages: 287
Len's Summary: An autobiography by the highly decorated WWI officer who was the model for Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honor trilogy.
Britain, France and the Entente Cordiale since 1904
Britain, France and the Entente Cordiale since 1904 by Antoine Capet ISBN: 9780230009028
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on January 9th 2007
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A scholarly study tracing the Anglo-French alliance from the signing of the Entente Cordiale in 1904 through World War One, Lloyd George and Clemenceau, the inter-war years and disarmament, World War Two, Churchill and DeGaulle, the Cold War and beyond.
The Great War Diaries of Brigadier Alexander Johnston
The Great War Diaries of Brigadier Alexander Johnston by Edwin Astill ISBN: 1844155811
Published by Pen & Sword Books on November 1st 2007
Pages: 244
Len's Summary: Story of an officer who rose from subaltern to brigade commander in the Third Division, BEF.
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918 by Mitchell A. Yockelson ISBN: 9780806139197
Published by University of Oklahoma Press on May 15th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Great Britain, United States
Pages: 308
Len's Summary: A case study in coalition warfare, focusing on the AEF’s 27th and 30th Divisions (II Corps) which fought in Flanders and under ANZAC command along the Somme, breaching the Hindenburg Line in fall of 1918. The author is archivist at the National Archives and Records Service, teaches history at Annapolis and Norwich University and spoke at the 2007 WFA US national seminar at the Naval War College. To order, go to http://borrowedsoldiers.com/index.html.
Our Friend “The Enemy”: Elite Education in Britain and Germany before World War I
Our Friend "The Enemy": Elite Education in Britain and Germany before World War I by Thomas Weber ISBN: 9780804700146
Published by Stanford University Press on 2008
Pages: 338
Len's Summary: A scholarly look at Oxford and Heidelberg University, as well as the character of European society on the eve of WWI. Challenges the concept that pre-1914 Europe was bound to collapse.
Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918
Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson ISBN: 9780521123082
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 12th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Social History, Great Britain
Pages: 308
Len's Summary: Comparative scholarly study of German and British morale. The author argues that at the heart of armies’ robustness lay human resilience; that the “ordered surrender” by junior officers led to Germany’s defeat in 1918.
British civilian internees in Germany: The Ruhleben camp, 1914-1918
British civilian internees in Germany: The Ruhleben camp, 1914-1918 by Matthew Stibbe ISBN: 9780719070853
Published by Manchester University Press on September 30th 2008
Genres: Civilians in war, Prisoners of war, History, General, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Military, World War I, World War II, Social Science, Sociology, Penology
Pages: 210
Len's Summary: Germany’s largest WWI internment camp for enemy aliens.
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.
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
