The First World War: The Outbreak, Events, and Aftermath by Keith Robbins ISBN: 9780192191632
on 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 186
Len's Summary: A concise survey history of the military and political aspects of the conflict in paperback; a reissue of the 1984 version.
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.
Caporetto 1917: Victory or Defeat?
Caporetto 1917 Victory or Defeat by Mario Morselli ISBN: 0714650730
Published by Frank Cass Publishers on September 30th 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, Political Science, Security (National & International)
Pages: 171
Len's Summary: Given a mediocre review in War in History, April 2003.
The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I
The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I by John Mosier ISBN: 9780060084332
Published by Harper on April 24th 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Strategy
Pages: 400
Len's Summary: Reviewed in the Financial Times and found wanting as a rehash of 1930s "blame it on the stupid generals" analysis. Mosher also asserts that America won the war for the Allies, a thesis certain to enrage our British cousins.
Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War
Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War by Annika Mombauer ISBN: 9780521791014
Published by Cambridge University Press on April 19th 2001
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, World War II, Juvenile Nonfiction, Military & Wars
Pages: 325
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
Find and Destroy: Antisubmarine Warfare in World War I
Find and Destroy: Antisubmarine Warfare in World War I by Dwight R. Messimer ISBN: 1557504474
on September 2001
Genres: History, Military, Weapons
Pages: 312
Len's Summary: Messimer is a lecturer in History at San Diego State University and a specialist in WWI and early American aviation. His research benefited from his knowledge of German…
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
Between War and Peace: Woodrow Wilson and the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918-1921
Between War and Peace: Woodrow Wilson and the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918-1921 by Carol Wilcox Melton ISBN: 9780865546929
Published by Mercer University Press on 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, World, Political Science, Security (National & International)
Pages: 269
Len's Summary: A controversial chapter in American diplomacy that still colors Russian-American relations even though Wilson’s intervention was aimed at blocking Japanese expansionism…
The Doughboys: America and the First World War
The Doughboys: America and the First World War by Gary Mead ISBN: 9781585670611
on 2001
Pages: 493
Len's Summary: Highly recommended new look at the impact of American in WWI and its role in the Allied victory. Mead is a British journalist. Well worth reading even though Mead forgets that it was the Spanish-American War that catapulted the United States onto the world stage. Available form Amazon.com.uk and Barnes and Noble.
Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War
Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War by Margaret MacMillan ISBN: 0719559391
Published by John Murray Publishers on September 6th 2001
Pages: 574
Len's Summary: A new history of the making of the Versailles Treaty written by the granddaughter of a British Prime Minister.
The German Offensive of 1918
The German Offensive of 1918 by Martin Kitchen ISBN: 9780752417998
Published by Tempus on October 2001
Pages: 283
Len's Summary: Dr. Kitchen of Simon Frazier University is a leading expert on the German Army.
Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America by Jennifer D. Keene ISBN: 9780801865923
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press on August 29th 2001
Pages: 294
Len's Summary: A social history of the impact of The Great War on the United States and its people.
An Illustrated History of The First World War
An Illustrated History of The First World War by John Keegan ISBN: 9780375412592
Published by Alfred A. Knopf on October 30th 2001
Pages: 432
Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I
Wingless Eagle: U.S. Army Aviation through World War I by Herbert A. Johnson ISBN: 9780807860236
Published by Univ of North Carolina Press on April 3rd 2003
Genres: History, United States, General, Military, Aviation
Pages: 320
Doctrine Under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I
Doctrine Under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I by Mark E. Grotelueschen ISBN: 9780313311710
Published by Greenwood Press on November 30th 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 174
Len's Summary: How the conflict between infantrymen and artillerists in the AEF went unresolved…
American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, 1917-1920
American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, 1917-1920 by Martin Marix Evans ISBN: 1579583091
Published by Routledge on February 3rd 2001
Pages: 258
Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States
Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States by Mark Ellis ISBN: 9780253109323
Published by Indiana University Press on July 26th 2001
Genres: History, United States, General, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Military, World War I
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Race relations in America during The Great War…not a pretty sight.
Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I
Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I by John S. D. Eisenhower ISBN: 9780684863047
Published by Free Press on June 4th 2001
Genres: History, Military, United States
Pages: 353
Len's Summary: Lacks adequate maps, but otherwisea good survey. WFA member Christina Holstein did substantial research for thiswork. We will review it in Stand To!
1918: War and Peace
1918: War and Peace by Gregor Dallas ISBN: 9781585671571
Published by Overlook Press on 2001
Genres: History, Europe, General, France, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 616
Len's Summary: Answers the question: “how did World War One end?” Not a pretty sight…
The Kaiser’s Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918
The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918 by Eric Dorn Brose ISBN: 0195143353
Published by Oxford University Press on 2001
Pages: 336
Who’s Who in World War One
Who’s Who in World War One by John M. Bourne ISBN: 9780415141796
Published by Routledge on 2001
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Reference, History, World War I
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: John Bourne is a leading British WWI and WWII scholar.
A Navy Second to None: The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I
A Navy Second to None: The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I by Michael D. Besch ISBN: 9780313319099
Published by Greenwood Press on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Naval
Pages: 230
The Great War: 1914-1918 (2nd Edition)
The Great War: 1914-1918 (2nd Edition) ISBN: 9781405812528 Published by Pearson/Longman on 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I
Pages: 813
Len's Summary: A survey history that covers the war thematically rather than chronologically and has a social, economic and political emphasis.
First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power
First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power by Warren Zimmermann ISBN: 9780374179397
on 2002
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Reference, History, Military, United States, 19th Century
Pages: 562
Len's Summary: The author was a Foreign Service officer, our last Ambassador to Yugoslavia. He passed away in 2003. Zimmermann analyses America’s emergence onto the world stage through the careers of five friends and political allies: Theodore Roosevelt, John Hay, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge. All but Mahan (a naval officer) were involved in national politics. the firm basis for the internationally activist administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and their successors that marked the American Century. Stongly Recommended.
America’s Great War: World War I and the American Experience
America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience by Robert H. Zieger ISBN: 9780847696451
Published by Rowman & Littlefield on 2001
Pages: 275
Len's Summary: A social history of America in the Great War era by a professor of history at the University of Florida.
Russian Supply Efforts in America During the First World War
Russian Supply Efforts in America During the First World War by Dale C. Rielage ISBN: 9780786413379
Published by McFarland on January 1st 2002
Genres: History, World, Military, World War I, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 164
Len's Summary: Assesses the Imperial Governments attempts to secure aid from America while depending on British financing of its purchases there.
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
POWs and the Great War: Captivity on the Eastern Front
POWs and the Great War: Captivity on the Eastern Front by Alon Rachamimov ISBN: 9781859735787
Published by Bloomsbury Academic on July 1st 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 259
Len's Summary: For a wider treatment of this subject see: Prisoners, Diplomats and the Great War: A Study in the Diplomacy of Captivity, Richard B. Speed, III, Greenwood, Westport, 1990, 256 pages, index, maps, ISBN 0-313-26729-4, $55.00 hardback.
The Road to Verdun: World War I’s Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism
The Road to Verdun: World War I's Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism by Ian Ousby ISBN: 0385503938
Published by Doubleday on June 18th 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: World War I’s most momentous battle and the folly of nationalism.
Amiens: Dawn of Victory
Amiens: Dawn of Victory by James McWilliams, R. James Steel ISBN: 155002342X
Published by Dundurn on September 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Canada, General
Pages: 250
Len's Summary: Recounts “the black day of the German Army,” August 8, 1918. Dr. McWilliams spoke at the March 2002 WFA seminar in Victoria, B.C.
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.
The Zebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918
The Zebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918 by Deborah Lake ISBN: 0850528704
on October 1st 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The story of a daring but unsuccessful attempt to block access to German mine-laying submarine and destroyer bases in Belgium.
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.
The First World War
The First World War by Michael Howard ISBN: 9780192853622
Published by Oxford University Press on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 154
Len's Summary: One of several new one-volume monographs surveying the war on all fronts. For non-specialists. Another recent and richly illustrated one volume treatment by the same title has been produced by Hugh Strachan from Viking Penguin (2004), also in paperback.
Britain, France, and the Financing of the First World War
Britain, France, and the Financing of the First World War by Martin Horn ISBN: 9780773522930
on March 26th 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 249
Len's Summary: A good analysis of a neglected area ofimportance in understanding WWI. I plan to review this for a future issue of StandTo!
The Starvation Blockades: Naval Blockades of WWI
The Starvation Blockades: Naval Blockades of WWI by Nigel Hawkins ISBN: 9780850529081
Published by Naval Institute Press on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval
Pages: 262
Len's Summary: A fine survey history of the Royal Navy distant blockade of Germany and the German U-boat war against Great Britain.
A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front
A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front by Winston Groom ISBN: 9780871138422
Published by Atlantic Monthly Press on 2002
Genres: History, Europe, Western, Military, World War I
Pages: 276
Len's Summary: By the author of Forrest Gump. The story of four year’s of almost continuous warfare in the Ypres Salient, where poison gas was first employed. Good preparatory reading for those attending our April 2003 Ypres Seminar and Tour.
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.
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
