Billy Bishop VC Lone Wolf Hunter: The RAF Ace Re-Examined by Peter Kilduff ISBN: 9781909808133
Published by Grub Street Publishing on October 19th 2014
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Does not settle the argument about the disputed number of Bishop’s aerial victories, but rather trolls the relevant sources letting the reader reach his or her own conclusions.
Liaison 1914: A Narrative of the Great Retreat
Liaison 1914: A Narrative of the Great Retreat by Edward Spears ISBN: 9781473827462
on February 19th 2015
Pages: 588
Len's Summary: Sir Edward Spears was a key player in Anglo-French coordination throughout WWI. At the outset of WWII, he was Churchill’s personal representative to French Premier Paul Reynaud and is credited with arranging DeGaulle’s escape to England in June 1940.
We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First World War
We Also Served: The Forgotten Women of the First World War by Vivien Newman ISBN: 1783462256
on November 30th 2014
Genres: Women, Social History, Military
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: British women at war, a social history. See also: They Also Served: American Women in World War I, Lettie Gavin, University Press of Colorado, 1906, and The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I, Jean Ebbert & Mary-Beth Hall, US Naval Institute Press, 2002.
The Great War for Peace
The Great War for Peace by William Mulligan ISBN: 9780300173772
Published by Yale University Press on May 27th 2014
Pages: 456
Len's Summary: Finds the Great War’s legacy to be the creation of intellectual, cultural, social and political anti-war movements focused on conflict resolution. Concepts of peace and global order arising Phoenix-like from the fires of war. Covers the 15-year period from the Moroccan Crisis of 1911 to the Locarno Pact of 1925. Three stars.
National Geographic Kids Everything World War I: Dig in With Thrilling Photos and Fascinating Facts
National Geographic Kids Everything World War I: Dig in With Thrilling Photos and Fascinating Facts by Karen Latchana Kenney ISBN: 1426317158
Published by National Geographic Society on September 9th 2014
Pages: 64
Len's Summary: The perfect gift for young readers eight to 13; edited by a winner of our Tomlinson Book Prize. Heavily illustrated with period photos and color drawings. Four stars.
Warships of the Great War Era (A History of Ship Models)
Warships of the Great War Era (A History of Ship Models) by David Hobbs ISBN: 1591141907
Published by Seaforth Publishing on October 15th 2014
Pages: 128
Len's Summary: Photographs highlighting design details of dozens of WWI Royal navy scale models from dreadnoughts to motor torpedo boats in the collection of The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Amazing detail for the modeler or student of naval architecture. Five stars.
The Schlieffen Plan: International Perspectives on the German Strategy for World War I
The Schlieffen Plan: International Perspectives on the German Strategy for World War I by Hans Ehlert, Michael Epkenhans, Gerhard P. Groß, David T. Zabecki ISBN: 0813147468
Published by University Press of Kentucky on October 7th 2014
Genres: Germany, Military, Strategy
Pages: 592
Len's Summary: A centennial reassessment of Schlieffen’s work with abstracts of German deployment plans from 1893 sand comparative summaries of Austro-Hungarian. French, British, Belgian and Russian planning. Excellent detailed maps.
Trial by Gas: The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres
Trial by Gas: The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres by George H. Cassar ISBN: 1612346901
Published by Potomac Books on December 15th 2014
Pages: 344
Len's Summary: Focuses on the second half of this April 1915 battle: the engagements at Frezenberg Ridge and Bellewaard Ridge. The author teaches at Eastern Michigan University and specializes in WWI.
Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I
Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I by James G. Bilder ISBN: 1612002714
Published by Casemate Publishers on October 19th 2014
Genres: Military, United States
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Drawing on his grandfather’s letters and diaries, the author reconstructs life on the sharp point of combat. // Based on accounts of the author’s grandfather, who served with the 91st Division AEF.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New Edition
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War: New Edition by Hew Strachan ISBN: 0199663386
on May 1st 2014
Genres: Military, General
Pages: 379
Len's Summary: First published in 2008 this new edition contains essays by several established historians.
A Box of Sand: The Italo-Ottoman War 1911-1912
A Box of Sand: The Italo-Ottoman War 1911-1912 by Charles Stephenson ISBN: 9780957689220
Published by Tattered Flag on December 19th 2014
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Though forgotten today, this conflict was a curtain-raiser to the Great War as Italy expanded her African empire into the Ottoman provinces of today’s Libya and sparked a guerrilla war that lasted for two decades.
First World War Remembered: In Association with Imperial War Museums
First World War Remembered: In Association with Imperial War Museums by Gary Sheffield ISBN: 9780233004051
Published by Andre Deutsch Pages: 132
Len's Summary: An illustrated narrative history for beginners.
The Emperors: How Europe’s Greatest Rulers Were Destroyed by World War I
The Emperors: How Europe's Greatest Rulers Were Destroyed by World War I by Gareth Russell ISBN: 1445634333
Published by Amberley Publishing on November 19th 2014
Genres: Military, Royalty
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Popular history: The devastating experiences of three ruling houses who were victims of the war.
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East by Eugene Rogan ISBN: 9780465023073
Published by Basic Books on March 10th 2015
Genres: Military, Turkey & Ottoman Empire
Pages: 512
Len's Summary: How the crumbling Ottoman Empire cast the dice and lost. // A new history of Ottoman disintegration in the face attacks on many fronts.
Battle of Dogger Bank: The First Dreadnought Engagement, January 1915
Battle of Dogger Bank: The First Dreadnought Engagement, January 1915 by Tobias R. Philbin ISBN: 0253011698
Published by Indiana University Press on March 1st 2014
Genres: Military, Naval
Pages: 216
Len's Summary: Decoded radio messages drew Royal Navy battle cruisers to oppose German raiders in an inconclusive battle at sea. // A January 1915 battle cruiser encounter which, though inconclusive, taught valuable lessons to both sides.
The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse
The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin: Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse by Trevor Parkhill, Emma Duffin ISBN: 9781846825224
Published by Four Courts Press on July 25th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, Ireland, Military, Women
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Nurse Duffin’s service in Egypt and France from 1915 to 1918. Until just recently such treatments of Irish service in WWI were rare.
Britons Experience the Great War: Life at Home and Abroad 1914-1918
Britons Experience the Great War: Life at Home and Abroad 1914-1918 by Peter Liddle ISBN: 1473821169
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 19th 2014
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Draws on previously unpublished material on the war and home fronts from the Liddle Collection at the University of Leeds. // Social history. The author is founder of the Liddle Collection on WWI at Leeds University.
French Generals of the Great War
French Generals of the Great War by Jonathan Krause, William Philpott ISBN: 9781781592526
Published by Pen & Sword Books on 2014
Genres: France, Military
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Advertised as an original study. Philpott is a winner of our Tomlinson Book Prize.
Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913
Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913 by Edward Robert Hooton ISBN: 1781551804
Published by Fonthill Media on May 1st 2014
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Initiated by the Russian-inspired Balkan League led by Serbia to seize territory from the Ottoman Empire, the first war spawned a second as the victors fell out over the spoils.
Austria-Hungary’s Last War, 1914-1918 in English
Austria-Hungary’s Last War, 1914-1918 in English by Stan Hanna Len's Summary: Stan Hanna translator, a nearly complete translation of a seven-volume official history of The Great War published in German 70 years ago. Download at http://www.compoestudios.com/Stanhannah/. Includes notes by the translator and original illustrations.
To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of the First World War
To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of the First World War by John Clark, Jonathan Clode ISBN: 9781908030139
Published by Soaring Penguin Press on July 17th 2014
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: An omnibus of 27 short graphic narratives based on actual events, characters, circumstances, incidents or myths world-wide during WWI. The author is a cartoonist.
British Army Uniform and the First World War: Men in Khaki
British Army Uniform and the First World War: Men in Khaki by Jane Tynan ISBN: 9781137318312
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on November 27th 2013
Genres: Fashion, Great Britain, Military, Social History
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Weaves the themes of soldiers’ wartime clothing requirements, home front propaganda, and psychology with contemporary politics.
The Great War and Modern Memory
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell ISBN: 9780199971954
on August 8th 2013
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: A canonical work first published in 1970. Winner of The National Book Award and The Critics Circle Award.
The First Eagles: The Fearless American Aces Who Flew with the RAF in World War I
The First Eagles: The Fearless American Aces Who Flew with the RAF in World War I by Gavin Mortimer ISBN: 9780760346396
Published by Zenith Press on August 1st 2014
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Impatient American volunteer for the RAF; Twenty went on to be aces. Riddled with as many factual errors as holes in Snoopy’s imaginary pursuit aircraft..
Gallipoli: Command Under Fire
Gallipoli: Command Under Fire ISBN: 9781472806697 Published by Osprey Publishing on March 1st 2015
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Another look at the ever-fascinating Gallipoli campaign from a Turkish-language specialist and professor at the US Marine Corps University.
Ten Days in August: The Siege of Liège, 1914
Ten Days in August: The Siege of Liège, 1914 by Terence Zuber ISBN: 9780752491448
Published by History Press on November 1st 2014
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: Erich Ludendorff made his reputation by reducing the forts of Liege which were delaying the German advance into France. The author is a retired US Army officer who also wrote the controversial The Real German War Plan 1904-1914 (The History Press. 2011).
Germany and Propaganda in World War I: Pacifism, Mobilization and Total War
Germany and Propaganda in World War I: Pacifism, Mobilization and Total War by David Welch ISBN: 9781780768274
Published by I.B.Tauris on July 30th 2014
Genres: Germany, Military
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: Fist published in 2000, this revised edition helps explain why the German people supported the war effort despite mounting privations.
From Downing Street to the Trenches: First-hand Accounts from the Great War, 1914-1916
From Downing Street to the Trenches: First-hand Accounts from the Great War, 1914-1916 by Mike Webb ISBN: 9781851243938
Published by Bodleian Library on September 15th 2014
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Eyewitness accounts from British soldiers and civilians.
Franz Joseph and Elisabeth: The Last Great Monarchs of Austria-Hungary
Franz Joseph and Elisabeth: The Last Great Monarchs of Austria-Hungary by Karen Owens ISBN: 9780786476749
Published by McFarland on November 6th 2013
Pages: 200
Len's Summary: Franz Joseph reigned from 1848 to 1916, taking Austria through three military defeats; Elizabeth was assassinated before war erupted.
Blighty’s Railways: Britian’s Railways in the First World War
Blighty's Railways: Britian's Railways in the First World War by Alexander J. Murray ISBN: 9781445638577
Published by Amberley Publishing on June 19th 2014
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: One of a handful of recent works on British wartime rail. Recall that the Director General of Military Railways in the BEF 1915-16 was Sir Eric Geddies, a railway executive given an honorary commission as a Major General.
The Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia, 1917-1922
The Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia, 1917-1922 by Joan McGuire Mohr ISBN: 9780786465712
Published by McFarland on 2012
Genres: Military, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Social Science
Pages: 254
Len's Summary: The Czech Legion fights its way across Siberia.
Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918: Accounts of the War from Journalists, Tourists, Troops and Medical Staff
Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918: Accounts of the War from Journalists, Tourists, Troops and Medical Staff by Ed Klekowski, Libby Klekowski ISBN: 9780786472550
Published by McFarland on March 31st 2014
Pages: 296
Len's Summary: Tells the story of German invasion and occupation through the eyes of American observers.
Secrets in a Dead Fish: The Spying Game in the First World War
Secrets in a Dead Fish: The Spying Game in the First World War by Melanie King ISBN: 9781851242603
Published by Bodleian Library on September 15th 2014
Pages: 102
Len's Summary: The covert communications methods of eight spies.
Reporting the Great War
Reporting the Great War by Stuart Hylton ISBN: 9781783463572
on August 18th 2014
Genres: Military, Great Britain
Pages: 166
Len's Summary: The British home front as seen through the pages of contemporary newspapers.
The First World War in 100 Objects
The First World War in 100 Objects by John Hughes-Wilson, Nigel Steel ISBN: 1770854134
Published by Firefly Books on June 1st 2014
Pages: 427
Len's Summary: One of three new picture books with this title.
Elusive Dove: The Search for Peace During World War I
Elusive Dove: The Search for Peace During World War I by Neil Hollander ISBN: 9780786478910
Published by McFarland on December 27th 2013
Genres: Military, Social Science
Pages: 312
Len's Summary: The story of several failed peace attempts.
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo by Colette Hooper ISBN: 0593074122
Published by Bantam Press on July 24th 2014
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Stories of the railway war in the UK and behind the Western Front.
Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I
Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I by Rose Hayden-Smith ISBN: 9780786470204
Published by McFarland on April 24th 2014
Genres: Social Science, Agriculture & Food, Military, United States
Pages: 264
Len's Summary: Examines the War Garden Commission, the U S School Garden Army and the Women’s Land Army as well as the Victory Garden program, voluntary efforts to increase war-time food production creating a surplus for food relief to embattled Europe. All were part of a vast volunteer empire headed by wartime Federal Food Administrator Herbert Hoover.
Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country: The World War I Memoir of Margaret Hall
Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country: The World War I Memoir of Margaret Hall by Margaret Hall ISBN: 9781936520077
Published by Massachusetts Historical Society on August 18th 2014
Pages: 225
Len's Summary: Margaret Hall was an American Red Cross volunteer working at a canteen just behind the front in 1918. After the Armistice she traveled across France recording scenes of physical destruction and human suffering. The editor is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut and has written several other books on women in WWI.
Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War
Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War by Michael Foley ISBN: 9781783463930
on September 1st 2014
Genres: Military, Armored Vehicles
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Based on Bovington Tank Museum and Imperial War Museum archives.
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
