Selling the Great War: The Making of American Propaganda by Alan Axelrod ISBN: 9780230605039
Published by St. Martin's Press on March 3rd 2009
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Military, World War II, Social History
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Motivated by fears than America’s multi-ethnic population would not support the war effort, President Wilson launched the federal government’s first concerted public information campaign headed by journalist George Creel.
The Railway Operating Division on the Western Front: The Royal Engineers in France and Belgium 1915-1919
The Railway Operating Division on the Western Front: The Royal Engineers in France and Belgium 1915-1919 by William A.T. Aves ISBN: 9781900289993
Published by Shaun Tyas on December 1st 2009
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: A history of the integrated Royal Engineer rail system that supported the BEF under the overall command of Sir Eric Geddes. // The BEF’s rail operation expanded mightily into an integrated rail, road and waterway system based on Channel supply depots all under command of a civilian, Sir Eric Geddes. Order from Amazon.co.uk.
The Bantams: The Untold Story Of World War One
The Bantams: The Untold Story Of World War One by Sidney Allinson ISBN: 1413444458
on September 1st 2009
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: New edition of a book authored by the Chairman of the Pacific Coast Branch of WFA about British and Canadian soldiers well below the army’s five foot – three inch minimum height.
The Mons Myth: A Reassessment of the Battle
The Mons Myth: A Reassessment of the Battle by Terence Zuber ISBN: 9780752452470
Published by History Press on April 1st 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, General
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: A new description and analysis of this 1914 battle asserting that the Germans did not massively outnumber the British, did not attack in a solid mass, and that BEF ‘rapid rifle fire’ did not mow down Germans in rows.
French Tanks of World War I
French Tanks of World War I by Steven J. Zaloga, Tony Bryan ISBN: 1846035139
Published by Osprey Publishing on December 21st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, France, Weapons, Illustrated
Pages: 48
Len's Summary: The emergence of the first modern tank, the Renault FT of 1917.
Flamethrower Troops of World War I: The Central and Allied Powers
Flamethrower Troops of World War I: The Central and Allied Powers by Thomas Wictor ISBN: 9780764335266
on September 28th 2010
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I
Pages: 171
Len's Summary: Technical data on flamethrowers used by both sides in The Great War.
Torchbearers of Democracy: African-American Soldiers in the World War I Era
Torchbearers of Democracy: African-American Soldiers in the World War I Era by Chad L. Williams ISBN: 9781469609850
Published by University of North Carolina Press on September 20th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 452
Len's Summary: An important new looks at American history through African-American eyes. Some 380 thousand African-American soldiers served in WWI mainly as uniformed manual labor struggling for equality and harboring unfulfilled hopes for a better future as full-fledged citizens. Includes powerful analysis of African-American Doughboy relations with white Frenchmen and with French African colonial soldiers. See also Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War, Schiffer, 2009.
Tracing the Rifle Volunteers: A Guide for Military & Family Historians
Tracing the Rifle Volunteers: A Guide for Military & Family Historians by Ray Westlake ISBN: 9781848842113
on May 2010
Genres: History, Military, Other, Technology & Engineering, Military Science, World War I
Pages: 273
Len's Summary: A resource book for WWI specialist from a veteran British historian.
Tommy’s Ark: Soldiers, Their Animals and the Natural World in the Great War. Richard Van Emden
Tommy's Ark: Soldiers, Their Animals and the Natural World in the Great War. Richard Van Emden by Richard Van Emden ISBN: 9781408806111
Published by Bloomsbury on November 1st 2010
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Explains the British soldiers’ relationship with a surprisingly range wide range of animal life.
Famous, 1914-1918
Famous, 1914-1918 by Richard Van Emden, Vic Piuk ISBN: 1848841973
on March 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 350
Len's Summary: The stories of 20 of Britain’s most respected, best known and notorious celebrities in action on WWI. // Tells the stories of British celebrities and literati such as Basil Rathbone, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Toiken who served in WWI.
The First Battle of the Marne 1914: The French ‘miracle’ halts the Germans
The First Battle of the Marne 1914: The French 'miracle' halts the Germans by Ian Sumner, Graham Turner ISBN: 9781846035029
Published by Osprey Publishing on May 25th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, France, Germany, Illustrated
Pages: 96
Len's Summary: A brief, illustrated history of the battle.
Messines 1917: The zenith of siege warfare
Messines 1917: The zenith of siege warfare by Alexander Turner, Peter Dennis ISBN: 9781846038457
Published by Osprey Publishing on August 24th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 96
Len's Summary: A short history of a key 1917 battle on the Western Front.
Blood on the Snow: The Carpathian Winter War of 1915
Blood on the Snow: The Carpathian Winter War of 1915 by Graydon A. Tunstall ISBN: 9780700618583
Published by University Press of Kansas on May 11th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Austria & Hungary
Pages: 258
Len's Summary: The Russian and Austro-Hungarian armies each suffered about a million casualties in this disastrous series of three offensives which paved the way for the disintegration of the Habsburg army. Dr. Tunstall is executive Director of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, and chairs WFA’s Undergraduate Essay Prize award panel.
Remembering Fromelles: A New Cemetery for a New Century
Remembering Fromelles: A New Cemetery for a New Century by Julie Summers, Louise Loe, Nigel Steel ISBN: 0956507409
Published by Commonwealth War Graves Commission on July 1st 2010
Pages: 95
Len's Summary: A book commemorating the battle of Fromelles and the creation of the Pleasant Wood Cemetery dedicated in 2010.
British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought: Jutland 1916
British Dreadnought vs German Dreadnought: Jutland 1916 by Mark Stille, Ian Palmer, Howard Gerrard ISBN: 1849081670
Published by Osprey Publishing on October 19th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval, Illustrated, Germany
Pages: 80
Len's Summary: Contrasts the differing crew training and weapons systems of the two fleets and details the action at Jutland shot by shot.
Edith Cavell: Nurse, Martyr, Heroine
Edith Cavell: Nurse, Martyr, Heroine by Diana Souhami ISBN: 1849163596
Published by Quercus Publishing on September 1st 2010
Pages: 417
Len's Summary: New bio of a British nurse executed by the German for aiding in the escape of British and French soldiers from occupied Belgium in 1914 and 1915.
Imperial Russian Field Uniforms and Equipment 1907-1917
Imperial Russian Field Uniforms and Equipment 1907-1917 by Johan Somers ISBN: 9780764335228
on July 28th 2010
Genres: History, Military, General, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Illustrated, World War I
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Another in a growing number of volumes on WWI uniforms and equipment from Schiffer.
Gone to Russia to Fight: The RAF in South Russia 1918 to 1920
Gone to Russia to Fight: The RAF in South Russia 1918 to 1920 by John T. Smith ISBN: 9781848688919
Published by Amberley on September 9th 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Other, Aviation, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 221
Len's Summary: British armoured car and RAF squadrons fought in a civil war alongside White Russian forces and against the Red Army after WWI was over.
The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Jonathan Schneer ISBN: 0812976037
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks on January 3rd 2012
Pages: 480
Len's Summary: A watershed document of the 20th century; one of a string of contradictory promises made by Great Britain and its Entente allies during WWI; looks at the Declaration in the context of British politics, intra-Entente diplomacy and the British-supported Arab revolt.
Stalking the U-Boat: U.S. Naval Aviation in Europe during World War I
Stalking the U-Boat: U.S. Naval Aviation in Europe during World War I by Geoffrey L. Rossano ISBN: 9780813034881
Published by University Press of Florida on November 14th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation, Naval, United States
Pages: 429
Len's Summary: One of several recent studies of American involvement in WWI at sea from the University of Florida Press.
Gunther Pluschow: Airmen, Escaper and Explorer
Gunther Pluschow: Airmen, Escaper and Explorer by Anton Rippon ISBN: 9781848841321
on March 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World War I, Germany, Aviation
Pages: 194
Len's Summary: Plüschow flew against the British and Japanese out of Tsing Tao and was the only POW to escape England and make his way back to Germany.
Brief Glory: The Life of Arthur Rhys-Davids, DCO, MC
Brief Glory: The Life of Arthur Rhys-Davids, DCO, MC by Alex Revell ISBN: 9781848841628
on March 18th 2010
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, World War I
Pages: 222
Len's Summary: In only six months flying before being killed in 1917, Rhys-Davids achieved fame by shooting down German ace Verner Voss.
The Story of the Great War
The Story of the Great War by Allen L. Churchill, Francis J. Reynolds, Francis Trevelyan Miller on March 30th 2011
Pages: 471
Len's Summary: First published in 1916-1920, this reprint offers contemporary first-hand accounts, biographies and narratives. Available from the publisher Weider History Group, Box 664, Holmes, PA 19043-9956. Weider publishes MHQ and several other military history magazines.
The First World War, 1914-1918; personal experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à Court Repington
The First World War, 1914-1918; personal experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à Court Repington by C. À Court Repington ISBN: 1117156427
on November 13th 2009
Pages: 652
Len's Summary: Former British Army officer Repington was the influential London Times war correspondent covering the BEF. Famous in his day, he is now virtually forgotten. Also available from Hard Press Editions, in two volumes from Simon Publications and as a NOOK book.
‘Blinker’ Hall: Spymaster, The Man who Brought America into World War I
‘Blinker’ Hall: Spymaster, The Man who Brought America into World War I by David Ramsay ISBN: 9780752453989
Published by History Press Limited on April 1st 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Naval
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: The story of the British Director of Naval Intelligence and Room 40 which broke the German naval and diplomatic codes revealing to Woodrow Wilson the infamous Zimmerman Telegram. Also available in hard cover.
Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War
Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War by Shawna M. Quinn ISBN: 9780864926333
Published by Goose Lane Editions on October 29th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Canada
Pages: 171
Len's Summary: The experiences of a New Brunswick nurse drawn from her wartime correspondence and diaries.
The Blocking of Zeebrugge: Operation Z-O 1918
The Blocking of Zeebrugge: Operation Z-O 1918 by Stephen Prince ISBN: 9781846034534
Published by Osprey Publishing on May 25th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Great Britain, Naval
Pages: 64
Len's Summary: The daring raid designed to close the German-controlled ports of Zeebrugge and end submarine attacks in the Dover Straights.
Tanks on the Somme: From Morval to Beaumont Hamel
Tanks on the Somme: From Morval to Beaumont Hamel by Trevor Pidgeon ISBN: 9781848842533
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 2010
Genres: History, Military, Armored Vehicles
Pages: 152
Len's Summary: Tank actions on the Somme from September through November 1916 by a leading tank authority; first stumbling use of tanks in warfare.
Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century
Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century by William Philpott ISBN: 9780307278371
Published by Vintage Books on November 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 631
Len's Summary: Published in 2009 in the UK by Little Brown under the title Bloody Victory. The author sees the Somme as a British victory in the war of attrition. The winner of the 2009 WFA Tomlinson Book Prize; destined to become the standard work on this much-studied campaign.
Albert Ball V.C.: The Fighter Pilot Hero of World War I
Albert Ball V.C.: The Fighter Pilot Hero of World War I by Colin Pengelly ISBN: 9781844159048
Published by Casemate Publishers on June 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, Great Britain, World War I
Pages: 208
Lost Eagles: One Man’s Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars
Lost Eagles: One Man's Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars by Blaine Pardoe ISBN: 9780472117529
Published by University of Michigan Press on November 2nd 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, Aviation
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Fredrick Zinn’s efforts to recover missing airman from two world wars and finding 200 of them. Recommended by WW1Historical Association/WFA President Steve Suddaby.
The Distant Drum: A Memoir of a Guardsman in the Great War
The Distant Drum: A Memoir of a Guardsman in the Great War by F.E. Noakes ISBN: 9781848325630
Published by Frontline Books on July 12th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: First published privately in 1952 this is the memoir of a Grenadier Guardsman who served during the final 18 months of the war. Available from www.casematepublishing.com.
Ottoman Infantryman 1914-18
Ottoman Infantryman 1914-18 by David Nicolle ISBN: 9781846035067
Published by Osprey Publishing on February 23rd 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Middle East, Turkey & Ottoman Empire
Pages: 64
Len's Summary: Uniforms, equipment, training and combat experience of the tough Anatolian foot soldier.
The Way of Duty, Honor, Country: The Memoir of General Charles Pelot Summerall
The Way of Duty, Honor, Country: The Memoir of General Charles Pelot Summerall by Charles Pelot Summerall, Timothy Nenninger ISBN: 9780813126180
Published by University Press of Kentucky on September 22nd 2010
Genres: History, Military, United States, Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 298
Len's Summary: Autobiography of a man who got things done. See also the new Summerall biography by W. Gary Nichols (White Mane, 2011).
Chitral Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Major General Charles Townsend
Chitral Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Major General Charles Townsend by N. S. Nash ISBN: 9781848842762
on June 2010
Genres: Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Great Britain, World War I, Military, Middle East
Pages: 326
Len's Summary: Biography of the British General who surrendered his besieged British Indian Army division at Kut, Mesopotamia, in 1916 assessing whether his fall from grace was fair.
The Origins of the First World War
The Origins of the First World War by William Mulligan ISBN: 9780521713948
Published by Cambridge University Press on March 4th 2010
Genres: Political Science, History, Europe, General, Modern, 20th Century, Military, World War I, International Relations
Pages: 265
Len's Summary: A scholarly reinterpretation of the origins examining key issues from 1870 to 1914, and arguing that WWI was far from inevitable.
Spies of the First World War: Under Cover for King and Kaiser
Spies of the First World War: Under Cover for King and Kaiser by James Morton ISBN: 9781905615469
Published by Bloomsbury Academic on May 17th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Great Britain
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: Drawing from published and unpublished sources, the author cut through the legends surrounding WWI espionage.
The Egyptian Expeditionary Force in World War I: A History of the British-Led Campaigns in Egypt, Palestine and Syria
The Egyptian Expeditionary Force in World War I: A History of the British-Led Campaigns in Egypt, Palestine and Syria by Michael J. Mortlock ISBN: 9780786448715
on November 9th 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Middle East, General, Military, World War I
Pages: 302
Len's Summary: Follows the 5th Suffolk Regiment through the campaigns.
The Man Who Ran London During the First World War: The Diaries and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd
The Man Who Ran London During the First World War: The Diaries and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd by Richard Morris ISBN: 1848841647
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2010
Pages: 196
Len's Summary: Lloyd’s remit covered hospitals, the main railway termini, and a defensive circle of trenches.
Mons, Anzac and Kut by an MP
Mons, Anzac and Kut by an MP by Edward Melotte ISBN: 9781848841758
on January 19th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: Memoirs of a BEF intelligence officer on several fronts. // The WWI experiences of a British soldier, diplomat and adventurer.
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
