Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War by Christopher M. Sterba ISBN: 0195154886
Published by Oxford University Press on March 1st 2003
Pages: 288
Dream Of Civilized Warfare: World War 1 Flying Aces and the American Imagination
Dream Of Civilized Warfare: World War 1 Flying Aces and the American Imagination by Linda R. Robertson ISBN: 0816642702
Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press on October 8th 2003
Pages: 502
Len's Summary: First published as a hard cover in 2003, this book looks at the earliest development of a new weapon and traces the origins of America's yearning to wage war without risking soldiers' lives.
The Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic
The Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic by Walter Karp ISBN: 9781879957558
Published by Franklin Square Press on 2003
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: Reprint of a 1979 monograph which takes an unvarnished and unflattering look at how domestic politics shaped the foreign policy of the Progressive Era and America emergence after 1898 as a world power. Recommended by the editors of American Heritage.
The Casualty Issue in American Military Practice: The Impact of World War I
The Casualty Issue in American Military Practice: The Impact of World War I by Evan Andrew Huelfer ISBN: 9780275977603
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on October 30th 2003
Pages: 244
Len's Summary: Tracing continuing aversion to battle casualties back to 1917-1918.
The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation
The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation by Richard M. Gamble ISBN: 1932236147
Published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute on March 4th 2004
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Religion, Christianity
Pages: 306
Len's Summary: How American progressive Christian leaders moved from pacifism to support for Mr. Wilson’s war and the League of Nations: war seen as redemption.
Illusion of Victory: America in World War I
The Illusion Of Victory: America In World War I by Thomas J. Fleming ISBN: 9780465024674
Published by Basic Books on May 28th 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 543
Len's Summary: Touted by the publisher as revisionist history. Hard on Woodrow Wilson and perfidious Albion. Watch for a forthcoming review in Stand To!
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response by Peter Balakian ISBN: 9780060558703
Published by HarperCollins on September 30th 2003
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Modern, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 528
Len's Summary: Covers the history of Turko-Armenian relations as well as the pogroms of 1915-16 with particular emphasis on American reactions and interventions. A History Book Club alternate selection.
The General and the Jaguar: Pershing’s Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution and Revenge
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.
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.
1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
1920: The Year of the Six Presidents by David Pietrusza ISBN: 0786716223
Published by Basic Books on December 28th 2006
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 533
Len's Summary: The election campaign of 1920 marked the end of the Progressive Era, the start of Prohibition, the height of the post-war Red Scare and a bright line between Wilsonian internationalism and the isolationist “normalcy” of the Harding-Coolidge era; a snapshot of a changing America in the wake of The Great War.
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.
The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism
The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism by Erez Manela ISBN: 9780198039150
Published by Oxford University Press on June 20th 2007
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: An examination of how Wilson’s policy of self-determination became a negative factor among disillusioned nationalist movements in Egypt, China, Korea and India.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 by Ann Hagedorn ISBN: 9781416539711
Published by Simon and Schuster on April 10th 2007
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Modern
Pages: 576
Len's Summary: History of a tumultuous year: lynchings, race riots, the recrudescence of the Klu Klux Klan, widespread labor unrest, anarchist bombings, the first Red Scare, prohibition, thousands of returning Doughboys looking for work and the abrupt end of the reformist Progressive Era. The author, a staffer at the Wall Street Journal reviews the unruly and often politically repressive aftermath of the “War to End All Wars.”
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 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.
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.
Argonne Days in World War I
Argonne Days in World War I by Horace L. Baker, Robert H. Ferrell ISBN: 0826217087
Published by University of Missouri on March 7th 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans, General, World
Pages: 176
Len's Summary: The memoir of a Mississippi Doughboy edited by the prolific author of America’s Deadliest Battle and editor of Meuse-Argonne Diary: The Divisional Commander in World War I.
Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth Of The Modern U.S. Marine Corps
Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth Of The Modern U.S. Marine Corps by Alan Axelrod ISBN: 1599210258
Published by Lyons Press on June 1st 2007
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: A new popular history of Marine participation as part of the AEF’s Second Division in the Aisne-Marne battles of mid-1918. See also At Belleau Wood, Robert Asprey, first published in 1965 and available in paperback reprint from the University of North Texas Press, $24.95, ISBN 978 81574 41016 7.
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918 by Mitchell A. Yockelson ISBN: 9780806139197
Published by University of Oklahoma Press on May 15th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Great Britain, United States
Pages: 308
Len's Summary: A case study in coalition warfare, focusing on the AEF’s 27th and 30th Divisions (II Corps) which fought in Flanders and under ANZAC command along the Somme, breaching the Hindenburg Line in fall of 1918. The author is archivist at the National Archives and Records Service, teaches history at Annapolis and Norwich University and spoke at the 2007 WFA US national seminar at the Naval War College. To order, go to http://borrowedsoldiers.com/index.html.
Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I
Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I by Jonathan Reed Winkler ISBN: 9780674725775
Published by Harvard University Press on June 30th 2008
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Military, World War I, Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy
Pages: 357
Len's Summary: A new way of looking at evolving global strategy: the technology, economics and politics of commercial and military communications during WWI.
Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army of America in the Great War
Fruits of Victory: The Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War ISBN: 1597972738 Published by Potomac Books on December 1st 2008
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: From 1917 to 1920 the Women’s Land Army (WLA) mobilized women from all walks of life to take over farm work from men drafted into the army. The WLA was deeply rooted in the political and social movements of the late Progressive Era and mirrored changing gender roles in 20th century America.
Unknown Soldiers: The American Expeditionary Forces in Memory and Remembrance
Unknown Soldiers: The American Expeditionary Forces in Memory and Remembrance by Mark A. Snell ISBN: 0873389409
Published by Kent State University Press on July 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 274
Len's Summary: Essays from established historians on American participation in WWI and how that experience was and is remembered. Several of the authors are WFA members or frequent speakers at our seminars.
Through the Wheat: the U.S. Marine Corps in World War I
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Through the Wheat: The U.S. Marines in World War I by Edwin H. Simmons, Joseph H. Alexander ISBN: 1591148316
on 2011-09
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, United States
Len's Summary: The long-awaited history of the Marines in WWI by a former Marine Corps Historian. Completed following Simmons’ death by Joe Alexander. Recounts action by the Fourth Marine Brigade of the 2nd Division at Belleau Wood, Soissons, Blanc Mont, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne.
The Yankee Division in the First World War: In the Highest Tradition
The Yankee Division in the First World War: In the Highest Tradition by Michael E. Shay ISBN: 9781603440301
Published by Texas A&M University Press on June 20th 2008
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, United States
Pages: 294
Len's Summary: The author defends the record of the Yankee Division against its detractors. By the author of The Grateful Heart on the Yankee Division’s 103rd Field Hospital (Greenwood 2001).
Woodrow Wilson and the American Myth in Italy: Culture, Diplomacy, and War Propaganda
Woodrow Wilson and the American Myth in Italy: Culture, Diplomacy, and War Propaganda by Daniela Rossini, Antony Shugaar ISBN: 0674028244
Published by Harvard University Press on May 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Italy, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy
Pages: 263
Len's Summary: A new look at Wilsonian diplomacy, or lack there of, through an examination of Italo-American relations during WWI and during the Paris peace conference.
The Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama during World War I
The Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama during World War I by Martin T. Olliff ISBN: 9780817354923
Published by University of Alabama Press on October 12th 2008
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, United States, State & Local
Pages: 275
Len's Summary: How Alabama responded to and was changed by the war.
After the Trenches: The Transformation of the U.S. Army, 1918-1939
After the Trenches: The Transformation of the U.S. Army, 1918-1939 by William O. Odom ISBN: 9781603440813
Published by Texas A&M University Press on June 17th 2008
Genres: History, Military, Strategy, World War I, World War II, United States, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 282
Len's Summary: A distinguished army veteran and military historian examines the evolution of army doctrine between the two world wars.
One Night at a Bad Inn
One Night In A Bad Inn by Christy Leskovar ISBN: 1575101238
Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company on December 31st 2006
Genres: History, United States, State & Local
Pages: 594
Len's Summary: A true tale of war (the 91st “Wild West Division”), murder and mayhem set largely in the mining town of Butte, Montana in the 19 teens and 20s. Order from phpc@montana.com and look for a review in a future issue of Camaraderie.
Fighting for Hope: African American Troops of the 93rd Division in World War I and Postwar America
Fighting for Hope: African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America by Robert F. Jefferson ISBN: 9780801888281
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press on October 24th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War II, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 321
Len's Summary: The experience of the first complete all-Black division to go into combat. See also American Foreign Legion, Frank E. Roberts, Naval Institute, 2004.
Fort Lawton (Images of America)
Fort Lawton (Images of America) by Jack W. Jaunal ISBN: 9780738558110
Published by Arcadia Publishing on June 30th 2008
Genres: History, United States, State & Local, Military, Pictorial
Pages: 128
Len's Summary: The story of Fort Lawton, an Army infantry post outside Seattle during WWI.
Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War
Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War by Kimberly Jensen ISBN: 9780252074967
Published by University of Illinois Press on February 8th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 244
Len's Summary: WWI opened a new front in the debate over women’s place in society and the military.
Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics
Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics by Lewis L. Gould ISBN: 9780700618569
Published by University Press of Kansas on April 9th 2008
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, Political Process, Campaigns & Elections
Pages: 254
Len's Summary: A snap shot of American politics on the eve of The Great War. Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft and socialist candidate Eugene Debs duke it out at the apogee of the Progressive Era.
The Gun and the Pen: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and the Fiction of Mobilization
The Gun and the Pen: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and the Fiction of Mobilization by Keith Gandal ISBN: 9780199744572
on July 31st 2008
Genres: Literary Criticism, American, General, United States
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Analyses post-war fiction of the “Lost Generation” and finds it less anti-war than anti-mobilization in reaction to the authors personal rejection for service with the US forces.
Democracy’s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent by Ernest Freeberg ISBN: 9780674057203
Published by Harvard University Press on May 31st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, Civil Rights
Pages: 380
Len's Summary: This is the story of an early 20th century conflict between the perceived demands of national security and the constitutional guarantee of free speech that led to the creation of the American Civil Liberties Union. Railway labor leader and five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate, Eugene Debs (1855-1926) is forgotten today, but won nearly a million popular votes in 1912 and 1920. Debs ran for President in 1920 from a jail cell convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act cell because of his outspoken opposition to American entry into WWI. He was pardoned in 1921 by President Warren G. Harding. The author teaches at the University of Tennessee.
The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I
The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I by Nancy Gentile Ford ISBN: 0275981991
Published by Praeger Security International on February 28th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 20th Century
Pages: 191
Len's Summary: Starting with the preparedness movement, Ms. Ford traces civil-military relations in America through the draft and training of citizen soldiers, mobilization of public opinion and suppression of dissent, the application of science and technology through demobilization and reemployment starting in 1919. Documents include the Sedition Act of 1918. The author also wrote Americans All: Foreign Born soldiers in World War I (Greenwood 2001).
The Question of MacArthur’s Reputation: Côte De Châtillon, October 14-16, 1918
The Question of MacArthur's Reputation: Côte De Châtillon, October 14-16, 1918 by Robert H. Ferrell ISBN: 9780826218308
Published by University of Missouri Press on November 30th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Pages: 111
Len's Summary: Army records indicate that MacArthur’s subordinates deserve most of the credit for this successful Meuse-Argonne action for which MacArthur was nominated for the Medal of Honor. By the prolific author of Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion in World War I (Missouri, 2005) and many other WWI histories. Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal November 25, 2008.
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
