The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution and Revenge by Eileen Welsome ISBN: 0803222246
Published by Bison Books on November 1st 2007
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Latin America, Mexico, Military, Revolutionary, World
Pages: 432
Len's Summary: Pershing’s unsuccessful chase of Rancho Villa across northern Mexico in 1916 helped qualify him for AEF command. // The author is a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of two PEN awards.
Brothers in War
Brothers in War by Michael Walsh ISBN: 9780091908843
Published by Ebury Press on 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World
Pages: 426
Len's Summary: First published by Crown in cloth in 2006 this is the story of Beechey family, who endured with dignity and courage the loss of five sons in WWI. Based on family letters and diaries. Also available from Amazon UK on DVD and audio cassette, or used from Barnes & Noble. Compared by some reviewers to the story Saving Private Ryan.
Forgotten Soldiers: Irishmen Shot at Dawn
Forgotten Soldiers: The Irishmen Shot at Dawn by Stephen Walker ISBN: 0717141829
on 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Traces the lives of 22 Irish volunteers in the British Army who were shot for cowardice. These men, along with dozens of others, were recently pardoned by an act of parliament. Available from www.amazon.co.uk.
To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander
To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander by Georg von Trapp, Elizabeth M. Campbell ISBN: 0803246676
Published by University of Nebraska Press on March 1st 2007
Pages: 196
Len's Summary: History Book Club selection. The memoirs of the Austro-Hungarian submarine ace and founder of the Trapp Family Singers first published in the early 1930s before Trapp fled the Nazis and immigrated to America. // Available for the first time in English, the memoirs of Austria-Hungary's leading U-Boat ace and founder of the Trapp Family Singers (The Sound of Music). Available in the spring of 2007.
War in a European Borderland: Occupations and Occupation Plans in Galicia and Ukraine, 1914-1918
War in a European Borderland: Occupations and Occupation Plans in Galicia and Ukraine, 1914-1918 by Mark Von Hagen ISBN: 0295987537
Published by Oakland Museum of California on December 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, General, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 122
Len's Summary: Rapidly shifting battle lines, haphazard implementation and often contradictory national policies complicated the sometimes violent German and Austro-Hungarian occupation of Russian territories on the Eastern Front.
Woodrow Wilson and the Great War: Reconsidering America’s Neutrality, 1914-1917
Woodrow Wilson and the Great War: Reconsidering America's Neutrality, 1914-1917 by Robert W. Tucker ISBN: 0813926297
on 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Len's Summary: The author breaks with Arthur Link and others in asserting that Wilson should have combined strict neutrality with military preparedness. He also provides a useful analysis of the concept of neutrality in the pre-1914 international system.
Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment in Mesopotamia During the First World War
Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment in Mesopotamia During the First World War by E. J. Thompson ISBN: 1846773660
Published by Leonaur Limited on November 29th 2007
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: An account a battalion of the 7th (Meerut) Division of the British Indian Army in the 1917 battles at Istabulat, Samarra, Juber Island and Tekrit.
The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland by Jonathan Sutherland ISBN: 1844155293
on October 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, Naval, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Len's Summary: Yet another look at The Great War’s greatest and most controversial naval engagement.
World War One: A Short History
World War One: A Short History by Norman Stone ISBN: 0465019188
Published by Basic Books on April 27th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Stone, prolific British historian and the author of The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 (Simon & Schuster, 1975) remains agnostic on the Armenian genocide and a proponent of the view that Germany — responding to the Russian threat — started WWI. A survey history reviewed in History Today August 2007. Stone now teaches in Turkey.
Battlefilm: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War
Battlefilm: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War by Phillip W. Stewart ISBN: 9780981744445
Published by PMS Press on January 29th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Reference
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Also available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble in paperback at $23.95. Catalogs the 467 WWI motion picture film titles held by the National Archives.
The Embattled Self: French Soldiers’ Testimony of the Great War
The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the Great War by Leonard V. Smith ISBN: 9780801445231
Published by Cornell University Press on June 7th 2007
Pages: 214
Len's Summary: An examination of fiction and non-fiction writings by French war veterans reveals how they viewed their service and suffering. The author is Professor of History at Oberlin and the author or co-author of several prize-winning works on French society during WWI.
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 German Army at Passchendaele
The German Army at Passchendaele by Jack Sheldon ISBN: 1844155641
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 1st 2007
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: A history of the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917, from the German point of view. One of several new histories marking the 90th anniversary of this battle of attrition that fell far short of its original objective of overrunning German naval bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge.
The Battle for Vimy Ridge – 1917
The Battle for Vimy Ridge - 1917 by Jack Sheldon ISBN: 1844155528
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 1st 2007
Pages: 236
Len's Summary: A successful British part of the allied 1917 spring offensives most remembered for General Neville’s disastrous attack at the Chemin des Dames. Published in time for the 90th anniversary of Canada’s most famous battle and the rededication of the refurbished Vimy Memorial.
Killing Time: Archaeology and the First World War
Killing Time: Archaeology and the First World War by Nicholas J. Saunders ISBN: 0750945192
Published by The History Press on April 1st 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Uncovering the artifacts of war in Flanders. Saunders is a reader at the University College London and the author of a work on trench art.
Battles East: A History of the Eastern Front of the First World War
Battles East: A History of the Eastern Front of the First World War by G. Irving Root ISBN: 9781424168002
Published by PublishAmerica on October 15th 2007
Genres: History, Military, General
Pages: 387
Len's Summary: Advertised as the first in a new series being privately published by the author. A chronological narrative history based largely on secondary sources. A useful addition to the all too few studies of war in the East.
An Arizona Aviator in France: The Life of Ernest A. Love, 147th Aero Squadron, USAS
An Arizona Aviator in France: The Life of Ernest A. Love, 147th Aero Squadron, USAS by Alan L. Roesler ISBN: 0979791928
Published by Roesler Enterprises on 2007
Pages: 300
Len's Summary: To order E-mail troes7718@msn.com.
The First World War
The First World War by Stuart Robson ISBN: 1405824719
Published by Longman Publishing Group on January 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 173
Len's Summary: A survey history of the war intended for use as a classroom text.
The Battleship Dreadnought
The Battleship Dreadnought by John Roberts ISBN: 1844862062
Published by Conway on September 3rd 2013
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Accurate scale drawings for model makers and historians of the prototype for 20th century line-of-battle ships.
Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig
Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig by Walter Reid ISBN: 1841585173
Published by Birlinn Publishers on February 1st 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, Juvenile Nonfiction, Historical
Pages: 555
Len's Summary: A new sympathetic analysis of Haig’s still controversial leadership of the BEF. // A new biography sure to spark controversy. Available from Casemate Publishing.
Battleship Texas
Battleship Texas by Hugh Power ISBN: 0890965196
Published by Texas A&M University Press on 2007
Pages: 166
Len's Summary: Reissue of the definitive guide to the last surviving Great War dreadnought, veteran of the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow on display outside Houston and soon to undergo major preservation work.
Monash: The Outsider Who Won a War – a Biography of Australias Greatest Military Commander
Monash: The Outsider Who Won a War - a Biography of Australias Greatest Military Commander by Roland Perry ISBN: 1741668476
on 2007
Len's Summary: Reprint of a biographical history first published in 2004 examining the career of Lt. General Sir John Monash, commander of the Anzac Corps. Won a major Australian book prize despite mixed reviews.
The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009
The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009 by Harry Patch, Richard Van Emden ISBN: 0747591156
on June 5th 2010
Genres: History, General, Military, Biography & Autobiography, Historical
Len's Summary: The story of the last surviving (as of August 2007) British trench veteran of WWI. Van Emden is author of several books on WWI including The Trench, Boy Soldiers of the Great War, and Britain’s Last Tommies.
Tip and Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa
Tip and Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa by Edward Paice ISBN: 0297847090
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on August 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Africa
Pages: 560
Len's Summary: A retelling of the familiar story of the long and largely futile British campaign against German General Paul von Lettow Vorbeck, a masterful nineteenth century-style guerrilla fighter with a persistently romantic image. See also The First World War in Africa, Hew Strachan, Oxford, 2004 and The Forgotten War, Ross Anderson, Tempus, 2004.
To the Limit of Endurance: A Battalion of Marines in the Great War
To the Limit of Endurance: A Battalion of Marines in the Great War by Peter F. Owen ISBN: 9781585445998
Published by Texas A&M University Press on August 15th 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, United States
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: The author draws on first-hand accounts from Marines of the 2nd Battalion, Sixth Regiment tracing their experiences from formation at Quantico through fighting at Belleau Wood and Soissons to the Armistice with particular emphasis on evolving AEF infantry tactics.
Medicine and Duty: The World War I Memoir of Captain Harold W. Mcgill, Medical Officer 31st Battalion C.E.F.
Medicine and Duty: The World War I Memoir of Captain Harold W. Mcgill, Medical Officer 31st Battalion C.E.F. by Marjorie Barron Norris, Patrick Brennan ISBN: 1552381935
Published by University of Calgary Press on May 15th 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Medical, Religious, History, Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-), World War I
Pages: 406
The Death of Glory: The Western Front 1915
The Death of Glory: The Western Front 1915 by Robin Neillands ISBN: 0719562457
on August 9th 2007
Len's Summary: The beginning of attritional battles in trench warfare as successive British and French offensives fail. See also 1915: The Death of Innocence by Lynn MacDonald, Johns Hopkins, 2000.
The Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War by Evan Mawdsley ISBN: 1933648155
Published by Pegasus on March 1st 2007
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: The author is a professor of history at Glasgow University. // Draws on material made available from Soviet archives after the collapse of the USSR.
The Landings at Suvla Bay 1915: An Analysis of British Failure During the Gallipoli Campaign
The Landings at Suvla Bay 1915: An Analysis of British Failure During the Gallipoli Campaign by Michael J. Mortlock ISBN: 9780786430352
Published by McFarland on July 23rd 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, General
Pages: 250
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 by G. J. Meyer ISBN: 0553382403
Published by Delacorte Press on May 29th 2007
Pages: 816
Len's Summary: A general overview first published in 2006 new in a Delta trade paperback that breaks no new ground. // A survey history advertised as challenging conventional wisdom while reexamining some of the misconceptions about the conflict. The Publishers Weekly review finds that the author presents "no original analysis or synthesis."
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
The Sanusi’s Little War: The Amazing Story of a Forgotten Conflict in the Western Desert, 1915-1917
The Sanusi's Little War: The Amazing Story of a Forgotten Conflict in the Western Desert, 1915-1917 by Russell McGuirk ISBN: 0954479270
on December 1st 2007
Genres: History, Africa, North, Military, World War I
Pages: 332
Len's Summary: Religious warriors of Libya who fought the occupying Italians for two decades following the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12. With Turkish backing the warriors led by Ahamad al-Sharif, the charismatic Grand Sanusi, raided into Egypt and French Sudan.
An Airman’s Wife: A True Story of Lovers Separated by War
An Airman’s Wife: A True Story of Lovers Separated by War by Aimée McHardy ISBN: 1904943942
Published by Grub Street on October 1st 2007
Pages: 315
Len's Summary: The correspondence of Aimée McHardy and Captain William Bond.
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.
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.
Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914
Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914 by Jeff Lipkes ISBN: 9789058675965
Published by Leuven University Press on October 1st 2007
Pages: 815
Len's Summary: A revisionist historian looks at German looting, arson and executions of Belgian civilians asserting that these were neither figments of Entente propaganda, nor simply results of collective paranoia (fear of franc tireurs), but rather part of a deliberate campaign of terrorism ordered by military authorities. The author is a Princeton Ph.D. Another in a lengthening series of books examining German military government and occupation policies in World War One. // Detailed narrative of the German invasion of Belgium and the violence against civilians that accompanied it. See also German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial winner of the Tomlinson Prize for 2002.
Smoke and Mirrors: Q-ships Against the U-boats in the First World War
Smoke and Mirrors: Q-Ships against the U-Boats in the First World War by Deborah Lake ISBN: 0750946059
Published by Sutton Publishing on May 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, Naval, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The story of Britain’s controversial effort to sink German submarines by deploying heavily-armed merchant vessels with RN crews. The author has also written on the Zeebrugge Raid under the pseudonym of David Lomas.
North American Indians in the Great War
North American Indians in the Great War by Susan Applegate Krouse ISBN: 9780803227934
Published by University of Nebraska Press on July 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Native American
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: Some 10 thousand native Americans served in the armed forces during WWI. This book examines their experiences and how the war changed these men. See also American Indians in World War I, Thomas A. Britten, University of New Mexico Press, 1997, 264 pages, photos, index, ISBN 978 08263 20902, $21.95 paperback.
Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War
Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War by Alan Kramer ISBN: 0192803425
Published by Oxford University Press on July 26th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, World
Pages: 434
Len's Summary: Explores how the total warfare of The Great War changed European society and culture. Not a pretty picture. The author is winner of the WFA Tomlinson Book Prize for his monograph on German conduct in Belgium, German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial, co-authored with John Horne. Kramer teaches at Trinity University, Dublin.
The Fourth Horseman: The Tragedy of Anton Dilger and the Birth of Biological Terrorism
The Fourth Horseman: The Tragedy of Anton Dilger and the Birth of Biological Terrorism by Robert Koenig ISBN: 1586483722
Published by PublicAffairs on January 9th 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, True Crime, Espionage
Pages: 376
Len's Summary: The convoluted story of attempts by an American agent of Germany to infect with anthrax and ganders mules and horses being shipped to the Allies in Europe from America during WWI. Also examines other German sabotage efforts, as well as attempts to precipitate a Mexican attack on the US.
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
