The Diary of a Dead Officer: Being the Posthumous Papers of Arthur Graeme West by Arthur Graeme West, Nigel Jones ISBN: 1853677299
Published by Greenhill Books on June 1st 2007
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: A young English scholar enlists in a rush of enthusiasm in 1915, becomes an officer, and then bitterly disillusioned with army life. First published in 1917, this work includes a number of West’s poems.
A Thousand Miles of Battles
A Thousand Miles of Battles by Ian Jones ISBN: 9780975712382
Published by Australian War Memorial on 2007
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Published to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the charge at Beersheba; an account of the campaigns of the legendary Australian Light Horse from Gallipoli, to the deserts of Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and the Western Front. Order from http://tinyurl.com/5gf936 or http://cas.awm.gov.au.
The Retreat: Mons to the Marne, 1914
Riding the Retreat: Mons to the Marne, 1914 by Richard Holmes ISBN: 1845951093
Published by Pimlico on March 1st 2007
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: New edition of book blending military history, personal testimonies and a recounting the author’s ride along the route taken by the retreating BEF in the summer of 1914. Available in April 2007 from Amazom.com. Holmes is a widely published historian and reserve Brigadier in the British Army.
Shamrock Battalion in the Great War
Shamrock Battalion in the Great War by Martin J. Hogan, James J. Cooke ISBN: 0826217109
Published by University of Missouri on March 23rd 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans, General, World
Pages: 152
Len's Summary: Memoirs of a Doughboy in the 165th Infantry of the Rainbow Division edited by a professor emeritus of history at Old Miss who write a history of the 28th Division in the Great War.
A Zouave’s Journey: Recollections of a Footsoldier in the 37th African Division
A Zouave's Journey: Recollections of a Footsoldier in the 37th African Division by Marilène Patten Henry ISBN: 0820497088
Published by Peter Lang on February 2nd 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, Social History
Pages: 142
Len's Summary: Biography of a French Great War conscript, an orphan, based on the diary of poilu Archille Lecreux. Dr. Henry is the author of Monumental Accusations about popular resentment in memorializing WWI in France.
Britain’s Greatest Aircraft
Britain's Greatest Aircraft by Robert Jackson ISBN: 1844156001
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 1st 2008
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: Describes the design history, development and operational careers of 22 legendary military and civil aircraft starting with the WWI era.
The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War
The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War by Steve Hurst ISBN: 1844155102
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 303
Len's Summary: Another in a long series of BEF battalion histories from Pen & Sword.
Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign
Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign by Earl J. Hess ISBN: 0807831549
Published by University of North Carolina Press on September 24th 2007
Genres: History, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military, Strategy
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: The ever expanding Civil War use of trenches and other field works in the battles for Richmond from The Wilderness to Cold Harbor presaged both the Russo-Japanese War and WWI. A second volume will cover the Petersburg Campaign.
Dark Journey: Three Key New Zealand Battles of the Western Front
Dark Journey: Three Key New Zealand Battles of the Western Front by Glyn Harper ISBN: 1869505794
Published by HarperCollins (New Zealand) on January 1st 2008
Pages: 544
Len's Summary: Combines first-hand accounts with a cogent overview of the New Zealand division’s 1917-18 actions at Passchendale, Second Somme (Amiens) and Bapaume.
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.
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud by Brian Garfield ISBN: 1597970417
Published by Potomac Books on January 1st 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Science & Technology, History, Middle East, General, Nature, Birdwatching Guides
Pages: 386
Len's Summary: Lt. Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) got his start as a politically- and socially-connected British Army intelligence officer chasing Paul von Lettow Vorbeck around the East Africa bush. Later, invalided out of Africa, he was assigned to MI7 in Cairo, and claimed authorship of the legendary “haversack ruse” of 1917. A committed Zionist, Meinertzhagen was a flamboyant player in the Middle East in the inter-war years, a noted ornithologist, founder of the post-war Anglo German Fellowship, and intimate of Winston Churchill, T. H. Lawrence and Chaim Weizmann. He also perpetrated scientific fraud, was a tireless self-promoter and may have even murdered his wife. Fittingly, this lively tale is authored by a past president of the Mystery Writers of America.
Les Américains à Issoudun : Histoire du 3e centre d’instruction de l’aviation des Etats-Unis entre 1917 et 1919
Les Américains à Issoudun : Histoire du 3e centre d'instruction de l'aviation des Etats-Unis entre 1917 et 1919 by Bernard Gagnepain Published by Editions Alan Sutton on 2007
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: For those who read French this is an excellent memorial to the hundreds of AEF pilots trained at Issoudun. It includes biographies of many of the better-known graduates.
Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era
Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era by Norman Friedman ISBN: 1591145554
Published by Naval Institute Press on January 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, Weapons, Naval
Pages: 319
The Red Baron’s Last Flight: An In-Depth Investigation into what Really Happened on the Day Von Richthofen was Shot Down
The Red Baron's Last Flight: An In-Depth Investigation into what Really Happened on the Day Von Richthofen was Shot Down by Norman Franks, Alan Bennett ISBN: 1904943330
Published by Grub Street on February 1st 2007
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: Franks is a premier historian of WWI aviation, but even he can’t settle this never-ending argument.
Julius Buckler: “Malaula” the Battle Cry of Jasta 17
Julius Buckler: “Malaula” the Battle Cry of Jasta 17 by Julius Buckler, Norman Franks ISBN: 1904943802
Published by Grub Street on September 1st 2007
Pages: 190
Len's Summary: First published in Germany in 1939 this is the story of a German 36-victory ace and his mates.
Military History on the Web
Military History on the Web by Simon Fowler ISBN: 1844156060
Published by Pen & Sword Books on November 1st 2007
Genres: Computers, Web, Site Directories, History, Military, General, Reference
Pages: 211
Len's Summary: A resource for those seeking information on battles or on individual British, Canadian or American soldiers, sailors and airmen.
America’s Deadliest Battle: Meuse-Argonne, 1918
America's Deadliest Battle: Meuse-Argonne, 1918 by Robert H. Ferrell ISBN: 0700618570
Published by University Press of Kansas on February 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, Strategy, World War I, United States
Pages: 195
Len's Summary: A new analysis of America’s largest and costliest (26 thousand dead) WWI battle by a premier American historian.
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West by Niall Ferguson ISBN: 0143112392
Published by Penguin Books on October 30th 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 880
Len's Summary: Now available in paperback, this is panoramic study of war, conflict and violence in the first half of the 20th century. Economic historian Ferguson sees three overlapping factors as key to understanding what happened: ethnic conflict, economic volatility and the decline of empires. // Published in the UK with the subtitle History's Age of Hatred. Companion volume to a new six-part British TV series premiering in June 2006 examining the conflicts of the 20th century. Ferguson takes the position that World Wars One and Two, and the Cold War were not separate conflicts, but a single "hundred years' war, a struggle powered by imperial and ethnic competition. Dr. Ferguson, a leading economic historian and native of Glasgow, now teaches at Harvard.
Das Begleitbuch zu Ernst Jünger: ‘In Stahlgewittern’
Das Begleitbuch zu Ernst Jünger: 'In Stahlgewittern' by Nils Fabiansson ISBN: 9783813208887
Published by E.S. Mittler on 2007
Pages: 158
Len's Summary: A reader’s companion and battlefield guide to Ernst Jünger’s Storm of Steel (1920).
The Silent General: Horne of the First Army, a Biography of Haig’s Trusted Great War Comrade in Arms
The Silent General: Horne of the First Army, a Biography of Haig’s Trusted Great War Comrade in Arms by Don Farr ISBN: 9781874622994
Published by Helion & Company Limited on January 1st 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I
Pages: 319
Len's Summary: Biography of a long overlooked British army commander Henry Sinclair Horne.
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A Comparative Study
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A Comparative Study by Edward J Erickson ISBN: 9781135984564
Published by Routledge on March 12th 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: By a Turkish-speaking expert on the Ottoman army who served in Turkey during his U.S. Army career. Colonel Erickson makes the case for an army of unusual skill and cohesiveness even in defeat. The author has spoken at several GWS and WFA seminars.
Underground Battlefields: Uncovering the Mines and Tunnels of Vimy and Beaumont Hamel
Underground Battlefields: Uncovering the Mines and Tunnels of Vimy and Beaumont Hamel by Mike Dolamore ISBN: 1844154866
Published by Pen & Sword Books on April 1st 2007
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The work of the Durand Group exploring surviving mines and tunnels along what was the Western Front.
The War from Within: German Women in the First World War
The War from Within: German Women in the First World War by Ute Daniel, Jay Winter, Margaret Ries ISBN: 085496892X
Published by Berg Publishers on November 1st 1997
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 343
Len's Summary: Examination of the roles of working class women in Germany during WWI.
New Zealand’s Great War: New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War
New Zealand's Great War: New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War by John Crawford ISBN: 0908988850
Published by Exisle Publishing on August 15th 2015
Pages: 704
Len's Summary: Consists of 32 scholarly papers given at the Zealandia’s Great War conference in Wellington, November 2003. For more on New Zealand in WWI, go to www.bn.com.
The Russian Army in the Great War: The Eastern Front, 1914-1917
The Russian Army in the Great War: The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 by David R. Stone ISBN: 0700620958
Published by University Press of Kansas on April 10th 2015
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: Out of print; check used booksellers.
At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1914-1918
At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1914-1918 by Tim Cook ISBN: 0143055925
Published by Penguin Canada on September 29th 2009
Pages: 608
Len's Summary: Winner of the 2007 J. W. Dafoe Prize for Canadian non-fiction. First of a two-volume study by a premier military historian.
Imagining the Unimaginable: World War, Modern Art, and the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917
Imagining the Unimaginable: World War, Modern Art, and the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917 by Aaron J. Cohen ISBN: 0803215479
Published by University of Nebraska Press on June 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Art, Military, World War I
Pages: 246
Len's Summary: The experience of artists set against developments in mass culture and the press among the broader trends in war-torn Russian society and politics leading to revolution in 1917.
The Lost Battalion and the Meuse-Argonne, 1918
The Lost Battalion and the Meuse-Argonne, 1918 by Micheal Clodfelter ISBN: 0786469080
Published by McFarland & Company on December 4th 2006
Pages: 246
Len's Summary: Looks at the Meuse-Argonne battles with emphasis on the “Lost Battalion” of the 77th Division.
Decorated Marines of the Fourth Brigade in World War I
Decorated Marines of the Fourth Brigade in World War I by George B. Clark ISBN: 9780786428267
Published by McFarland on January 18th 2007
Pages: 276
Len's Summary: A reference work on the Marine infantry of the AEF’s Second Division. // Biographies of each Marine medal winner in the AEF Second Division.
The Second Infantry Division in World War I: A History of the American Expeditionary Force Regulars, 1917-1919
The Second Infantry Division in World War I: A History of the American Expeditionary Force Regulars, 1917-1919 by George B. Clark ISBN: 0786429607
Published by McFarland & Company on July 1st 2007
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, United States
Pages: 262
Len's Summary: Follows the Second Division through major AEF campaigns including Second Marne, Soissons, Blanc Mont and the Meuse-Argonne. Clark authored an earlier history of the Marine component of this division.
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.
Larousse de la Grande Guerre
Larousse de la Grande Guerre by Anne Duménil, Bruno Cabanes ISBN: 2286035091
Published by Larousse on 2007
Pages: 480
Len's Summary: A superbly illustrated coffee table-size book in French summarizing all major aspects of war on the Western Front, and other fronts, as well. Contains an interesting chapter on Belgian collaborators and another on medical advances.
The Russian Civil War, 1918-22
The Russian Civil War, 1918-22 by David Bullock ISBN: 1846032717
Published by Osprey Publishing on November 18th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Military, General, Other, Revolutionary
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: A new short narrative history.
Passchendaele 1917: The Story of the Fallen and Tyne Cot Cemetry
Passchendaele 1917: The Story of the Fallen and Tyne Cot Cemetry by Frank Bostyn ISBN: 1844156931
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 21st 2007
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Available on line from www.pen-and-sword.co.uk. This is one of several new and reprinted works brought out by Pen & Sword in time for the 90th anniversary of Third Ypres — Passchendeale. Other titles include Passchendaele: The Hollow Victory by Martin Marix Evans, Passchendaele in Perspective by Peter Liddle, and Passchendaele by Phillip Warner.
Images of War: The German Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918
Images of War: The German Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918 by David Bilton ISBN: 1844155021
on March 22nd 2007
Pages: 176
Len's Summary: Focuses on the withdrawal from the Somme in early 1917 through the Kaiser’s Battle of spring 1918. Text summaries action on the Western Front as home front morale in Germany collapsed during the final two years of the war.
Passchendaele
Passchendaele by Peter Barton ISBN: 184529422X
Published by Constable on November 5th 2007
Pages: 468
Len's Summary: Third volume in an ongoing project to recover and publish previously unseen WWI battlefield panoramas and aerial photographs. Also contains unpublished memoirs and letters of the combatants.
The Midwest Goes To War: The 32nd Division in the Great War
The Midwest Goes To War: The 32nd Division in the Great War by John W. Barry ISBN: 0810854244
Published by Scarecrow Press on December 28th 2006
Pages: 159
Len's Summary: For another history of the 32nd Division, see Argonne Days in World War I, Robert H. Ferrell (ed.) Missouri, 2007. // Based on the Michigan and Wisconsin National Guards, this division saw action in the Oise-Aisne Operation, in the Argonne and the Rhineland Occupation.
Victory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917
Victory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917 by Ted Barris ISBN: 9780887622533
Published by Dundurn on February 10th 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-)
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: Another work commemorating the 1917 battle. Available from Amazon.com.
War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley
War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley by Jack S. Ballard ISBN: 9781585445547
Published by Texas A&M University Press on February 6th 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Military, History, World War I
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Captain Kindley’s 12 victories tied him for ninth place among American air aces.
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
