The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power by Sean McMeekin ISBN: 9780674057395
Published by Harvard University Press on September 15th 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Middle East, Turkey & Ottoman Empire
Pages: 460
Len's Summary: Part of the so-called Great Game portrayed in John Buchan’s fiction trilogy this is the true story of Germany’s attempt to penetrate of the Middle East and, wording through the Ottoman Empire, threaten the British position in Persia and the Indian subcontinent.
Boesinghe
Boesinghe by Stephen McGreal ISBN: 9781848840461
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 237
Len's Summary: A Battlefield Europe Series look at the fight for the northern extremity of the British line west of Ypres in the summer of 1917.
The Prisoner of Durazzo
The Prisoner of Durazzo by Robert A. Lanier ISBN: 9780615325231
Published by Zenda Press on January 1st 2010
Pages: 471
Len's Summary: The story of the almost forgotten unfortunate William Prince of Wied (1876-1945) who briefly (1914) ascended the throne of Albania, a fragile nation state created by the Great Powers as part of a failed attempt to keep peace on the Balkan Peninsula.
An Eyewitness Account of Gallipoli: Ellis Silas
An Eyewitness Account of Gallipoli: Ellis Silas by Ellis Silas, John Laffin ISBN: 9781877058912
Published by Rosenberg Publishing on February 1st 2010
Genres: Art, General, History, Military, World War I, Australia & New Zealand, Illustrated
Pages: 90
Len's Summary: First published in 1916, this is the work of an Australian signaler illustrating his experiences in Egypt, at Gallipoli and en route home after being wounded.
For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front
For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front by Celia Malone Kingsbury ISBN: 0803224745
Published by University of Nebraska Press on July 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Political Science, Propaganda, Psychology, General, Social Science, Popular Culture
Pages: 326
Len's Summary: Propaganda in America and Europe came in myriad forms including cook books, novels, magazines and even children’s’ toys.
Richthofen Jagdstaffel Ahead: REF Pilots Out-Performed and Out-Gunned Over the Western Front
Richthofen Jagdstaffel Ahead: REF Pilots Out-Performed and Out-Gunned Over the Western Front by Peter McManus ISBN: 9781906502003
Published by Casemate Publishers on December 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: A mediocre work on a familiar subject. // RFC 40 Squadron takes on a technically superior Flying Circus.
Hermann Göring Fighter Ace: The World War I Career of Germany’s Most Infamous Airman
Hermann Göring Fighter Ace: The World War I Career of Germany's Most Infamous Airman by Peter Kilduff ISBN: 9781906502669
Published by Casemate Publishers on June 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: A master WWI aviation historian examines Göring’s record as a military flyer and combat leader.
Finding Common Ground: New Directions in First World War Studies
Finding Common Ground: New Directions in First World War Studies by Jennifer D. Keene, Michael S. Neiberg ISBN: 9004191828
Published by Brill on December 7th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, General, Essays
Pages: 344
Len's Summary: This collection of essays originated in a 2007 conference sponsored by the Society for WWI Studies. It presents an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this global conflict. Contributors include Roger Chickering, Tim Cook, and David Zabecki. Like all Brill books, this is way too expensive. Get it from your library.
Underground Warfare, 1914-1918
Underground Warfare, 1914-1918 by Simon Jones ISBN: 9781844159628
on June 2010
Genres: History, Military, Strategy, World War I
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Draws on personal reminiscences to examine military tunneling and mining on the Western Front.
The Riddles of Wipers: An Appreciation of the Trench Journal “The Wipers Times”
The Riddles of Wipers: An Appreciation of the Trench Journal “The Wipers Times” by John Ivelaw-Chapman ISBN: 9781848841918
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain, Personal Accounts
Pages: 204
Len's Summary: Written by trench soldiers of the BEF and distributed all along the Ypres front, this newspaper bears witness of the realities of trench warfare.
From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19
From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada's Siberian Expedition, 1917-19 by Benjamin Isitt ISBN: 9780774818025
Published by University of Washington Press on December 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Canada
Pages: 299
Len's Summary: Along with the US, Japan, England, Italy and the United States, Canada deployed a force of 4,300 men to Vladivostok in an ill-advised effort to fend off the Bolshevik menace.
August 1914: Surrender at St. Quentin
August 1914: Surrender at St. Quentin by John Hutton ISBN: 1848841345
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 1st 2011
Pages: 207
Len's Summary: The disgrace of two British colonels who attempted to surrender during the retreat from Mons.
American Military Cemeteries
American Military Cemeteries by Dean W. Holt ISBN: 9780786457328
Published by McFarland on May 14th 2014
Genres: History, Military, General, Social Science, Death & Dying, Reference
Pages: 407
Len's Summary: Updated edition of a 1992 reference work including information on how each cemetery was established.
Fort Douaumont: Verdun
Fort Douaumont: Verdun by Christina Holstein ISBN: 9781783032358
Published by Casemate Publishers on April 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 230
Len's Summary: Second, revised edition of a fine guide and history book by WFA a member who specializes in the Verdun battlefields.
Lawrence of Arabia’s Secret Air Force – Based on the Diary of Flight Sergeant George Hynes
Lawrence of Arabia’s Secret Air Force – Based on the Diary of Flight Sergeant George Hynes by James Patrick Hynes ISBN: 184884266X
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 1st 2010
Genres: History, Middle East, General, Military, World War I, Other, Aviation
Pages: 146
Len's Summary: Keeping the somewhat elderly desert air force planes flying.
War Over the Trenches: Air Power & the Western Front Campaign
War Over the Trenches: Air Power & the Western Front Campaign ISBN: 071103415X Published by Midland Publishing on March 1st 2010
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: A survey of air operations and a valuable research tool. Reviewed in Over the Front.
Victims Nonetheless: The invasion of Luxembourg, 1914
Victims Nonetheless: The invasion of Luxembourg, 1914 by David Heal ISBN: B004EPYY1I
Published by Amazon Digital Services on December 1st 2010
Pages: 183
Len's Summary: An accounting of the German invasion by a member of The Western Front Association.
Mons, Anzac & Kut: a British Intelligence Officer in Three Theatres of the First World War, 1914-18
Mons, Anzac & Kut: a British Intelligence Officer in Three Theatres of the First World War, 1914-18 by Aubrey Herbert ISBN: 9780857063663
Published by Leonaur on October 5th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Three British defeats detailed in the field notes of a British intelligence officer who served there.
Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment
Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment by Geoffrey Hayes, Andrew Iarocci, Mike Bechthold ISBN: 155458227X
Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press on March 23rd 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Canada, General
Pages: 353
Len's Summary: A new assessment of the Canadian Corps and its place on the Western Front, the leadership, training and preparation of each of the four Canadian divisions and of the commemoration of this battle credited with being the basis of Canadian nationhood.
War Planning, 1914
War Planning, 1914 by Richard F. Hamilton, Holger H. Herwig ISBN: 1107635128
Published by Cambridge University Press on September 1st 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Modern, 20th Century, Military, World War I, Essays
Pages: 280
Len's Summary: Analytical essays by established WWI historians including Bob Doughty and Annika Mombauer on the war plans of Austria-Hungary, Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain and, Italy placing them in a broader political, diplomatic and military context.
Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became a War Hero
Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became a War Hero by Neil Hanson ISBN: 0307266559
Published by Knopf on October 5th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Criminals & Outlaws, History, World War I
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: Biography of a New York City gangster who served with distinction in the 106th Infantry Regiment of the 27th Division of the AEF.
Consumed by War: European Conflict in the 20th Century
Consumed by War: European Conflict in the 20th Century by Richard C. Hall ISBN: 0813125588
Published by University Press of Kentucky on November 1st 2009
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 286
Len's Summary: The author, a specialist in Balkan history and frequent speaker at WFA seminars, writes on the progression of conflicts in Europe from the Balkan Wars through the Cold War and the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Balkan Breakthrough: The Battle of Dobro Pole, 1918
Balkan Breakthrough: The Battle of Dobro Pole, 1918 by Richard C. Hall ISBN: 0253354528
Published by Indiana University Press on May 1st 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Eastern, Military, World War I
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Balkan specialist Hall’s third volume on Balkan conflicts examines the decisive battle of the war on the Salonika Front and its consequences. Dr. Hall is a frequent speaker at WFA seminars in Florida.
The Origin of the Fighter Aircraft
The Origin of the Fighter Aircraft by Jon Guttman ISBN: 9781594160837
Published by Westholme on July 29th 2009
Genres: History, Military, Weapons, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 294
Len's Summary: Technical information, personalities, and battle accounts tell the story of early fighter aircraft and how they became integral part of battlefield weaponry. // A new history of the First Air War and the early evolution of air power, by one of the masters of aviation history.
The Wolf: How One German Terrorized The Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of World War One
The Wolf: How One German Terrorized The Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of World War One by Richard Guilliatt, Peter Hohnen ISBN: 1416576118
Published by Free Press on May 3rd 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, General, Naval, Germany
Pages: 400
Len's Summary: The German commerce raider Wolf, a six thousand-ton armed freighter, left Kiel in November 1916, sailed some 64 thousand miles capturing over 400 mariners and sinking some 29 vessels before returning home 15 months later.
The AEF Way of War: The American Army and Combat in World War I
The AEF Way of War: The American Army and Combat in World War I by Mark Ethan Grotelueschen ISBN: 0521169097
Published by Cambridge University Press on October 4th 2010
Pages: 387
Len's Summary: First published in 2006, this work offers a new look at the development of AEF combat tactics by a premier American historian of the war. // An analysis of how AEF commanders devised improved tactics to meet unforeseen conditions on the Western Front written by an Assistant Professor of History at the USAF Academy. A welcome professional reexamination of the AEF’s combat record.
Caissons Go Rolling Along – A Memoir of an American in Post-World War I Germany
Caissons Go Rolling Along - A Memoir of an American in Post-World War I Germany by Johnson Hagood, Larry A. Grant ISBN: 1611172187
Published by University of South Carolina Press on December 5th 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: General Hagood’s impressions of his artillery brigade’s march into Germany, wartime devastation, the defeated enemy, occupied territories and his tour of the recent battlefields.
The Kaiser’s U-Boats in American Waters
The Kaiser’s U-Boats in American Waters by Gary Gentile ISBN: 9781883056407
Published by Bellerophon Bookworks on February 26th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 381
Len's Summary: Examines the record of German submarine operations in American waters 1917-18 drawing on USN action reports and Kaiserlichmarine submarine logbooks.
Crumps and Camouflets – Australian Mining Companies on the Western Front
Crumps and Camouflets: Australian Mining Companies on the Western Front by Damien Finlayson ISBN: 9780980658255
Published by Big Sky Publishing on June 21st 2010
Pages: 480
Len's Summary: The story of the 4,500 men of the three Australian mining companies in the BEF.
The Trench War on the Western Front, 1914-1918
The Trench War on the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Antonio Fernandez-Mayoralas ISBN: 8496658155
Published by Andrea Press on August 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 112
Len's Summary: A brief yet surprising complete and profusely illustrated overview of trench warfare with particular emphasis on field works, weapons and uniforms, transportation and communications systems used by the principal protagonists England, France and Germany. Available from www.casematepublishing.com.
Gallipoli: The Ottoman Campaign
Gallipoli: The Ottoman Campaign by Edward J Erickson ISBN: 9781783461660
on January 21st 2015
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Structure, deployment and tactics of the Ottoman army. The author, a Turkish-speaking retired US Army officer, teaches at the US Marine Corps University, Quantico.
First to Die: The First Canadian Navy Casualties in the First World War
First to Die: The First Canadian Navy Casualties in the First World War by Bryan Elson ISBN: 9780887809132
Published by Formac Publishing Company Limited on July 23rd 2010
Genres: History, Military, Naval, World War I, Canada, General
Pages: 96
Len's Summary: The story of four young Canadian seamen who died on Admiral Craddock’s flagship, the outgunned cruiser HMS Good Hope at the Battle of Coronel in 1914.
Youth in a Fatherless Land: War Pedagogy, Nationalism, and Authority in Germany, 1914-1918
Youth in a Fatherless Land: War Pedagogy, Nationalism, and Authority in Germany, 1914-1918 by Andrew Donson ISBN: 9780674049833
Published by Harvard University Press on April 1st 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Social History
Pages: 329
Len's Summary: Social history: a study of German youth in wartime at the dawn of an era of mobilization of teenagers and schoolchildren for experiments in state building and creation of extreme political movements. Covers crime, work, sexuality, gender practices, sexuality, family life, recreation, novels and magazines and everyday life.
Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign
Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign by Richard L. DiNardo ISBN: 0275991105
Published by Praeger Publishers on May 20th 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 215
Len's Summary: The first extensive study in English of the major German victory on the Eastern Front which resulted in a 200-mile Russian retreat accompanied by a scorched-earth policy and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Polish, White Russian and Jewish civilians.
Fishermen Against the Kaiser, Volume I: Shockwaves of War, 1914-1915
Fishermen Against the Kaiser, Volume I: Shockwaves of War, 1914-1915 by Douglas D'Enno ISBN: 1844159795
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 2nd 2010
Pages: 231
Len's Summary: British fishermen enlisted in large numbers to man all manner of small patrol craft.
War Under the Red Ensign, 1914-1918
War Under the Red Ensign, 1914-1918 by Bernard Edwards ISBN: 9781848842298
Published by Pen & Sword Books on August 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Other, Naval, Great Britain, Germany
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Atrocious actions of German U-boat commanders against torpedoed merchant ship’s crew and passengers.
British Postcards of the First World War
British Postcards of the First World War, by Peter Doyle ISBN: 9780747807667
on April 20th 2010
Genres: Antiques & Collectibles, Postcards, History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 64
Len's Summary: Black and white and color reproductions of British wartime postcards of cultural and historical significance.
Sailor in the Air: The Memoirs of the World’s First Carrier Pilot
Sailor in the Air: The Memoirs of the World's First Carrier Pilot by Richard Bell Davies ISBN: 9781848320116
Published by Seaforth Publishing on March 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 264
Len's Summary: Davis won the VC as a Royal Navy Air Wing pilot during WWI.
American Lions: The 332nd Infantry Regiment in Italy in World War I
American Lions: The 332nd Infantry Regiment in Italy in World War I ISBN: 9780764335181 Published by Schiffer Publishing on July 28th 2010
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, United States
Pages: 253
Churchill’s Dilemma: The Real Story Behind the Origins of the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign
Churchill's Dilemma: The Real Story Behind the Origins of the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign by Graham T. Clews ISBN: 9780313384745
Published by Praeger on September 13th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Naval
Pages: 343
Len's Summary: A reinterpretation of a controversial campaign by an Australian historian.
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
