Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace by John Milton Cooper Jr. ISBN: 0801890748
Published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press on September 30th 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, History, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 376
Len's Summary: A series of essays reexamining Wilson’s policies and legacy.
Unlikely Allies: Britain, America and the Victorian Origins of the Special Relationship
Unlikely Allies: Britain, America and the Victorian Origins of the Special Relationship by Duncan Andrew Campbell ISBN: 1847251919
Published by Bloomsbury Academic on February 1st 2008
Genres: History, United States, General, Political Science, International Relations, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: Putting aside residual antagonisms stemming from the War of 1812, America and Great Britain lay the basis for an alliance that survived two world wars and is still operative today.
The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood: U.S. Marines in World War I
The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood: U.S. Marines in World War I by Dick Camp ISBN: 0760331898
Published by Zenith Press on April 15th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States
Pages: 128
Len's Summary: The familiar story of how the Marines stopped the last of the German spring 1918 offensives.
United States Navy in the Pacific, 1909-1922
United States Navy in the Pacific, 1909-1922 by William Reynolds Braisted ISBN: 1591140889
on April 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, United States, Naval
Pages: 760
Len's Summary: The second of two volumes, analyses rising tensions with Japan during the Taft Administration, the US Navy in the Pacific during WWI, the decision to build a navy second to none, the 1916 Naval Construction Act, and the post-war Washington Navel Disarmament Conference ending in 1922.
Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Harper Barnes ISBN: 9780802715753
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on June 24th 2008
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, South, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 293
Len's Summary: History of the bloody 1917 East St. Louis, Illinois, riots against Black citizens, one of a series sparked in part by the migration of large numbers of unskilled African-American workers north in search of war work, which was not always available. East St. Louis continues to be haunted by the enormity of these events.
The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On
The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On by Jay Winter ISBN: 9780826271990
Published by University of Missouri Press on October 26th 2009
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, World, United States
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Papers from a 2007 forum sponsored by the Western Front Association, The National WWI Museum at the Liberty Memorial and the Kansas City Public Library edited by Yale scholar Jay Winter. Contributors include Niall Ferguson, Paul Kennedy, Sir John Keegan, Hew Strachan, John Horne, Leonard Smith, John Milton Cooper, Margaret MacMillan and Paul Fussell.
The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage during the Great War
The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage during the Great War by James David Robenalt ISBN: 9780230609648
Published by St. Martin's Press on September 1st 2009
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: A real pot boiler: the story of a 12-year affair between Senator Warren G. Harding and Carrie Phillips, who – with her daughter – was allegedly a German agent. Drawing on Library of Congress files, the author also looks at wartime pro-German sentiment in America though he fails to establish the historical or political significance of the Harding-Phillips affair.
To the Line of Fire: Mexican Texans and World War I
To the Line of Fire: Mexican Texans and World War I by José A. Ramírez ISBN: 9781603441360
Published by Texas A&M University Press on October 5th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Studies
Pages: 191
Len's Summary: An examination of mixed Mexican reactions to the war and veterans efforts to overcome discrimination in the post war era.
The Rise of Militarism in the Progressive Era, 1900-1914
The Rise of Militarism in the Progressive Era, 1900-1914 by Roger Possner ISBN: 9780786444182
Published by McFarland & Company on June 13th 2009
Genres: History, United States, 19th Century, Political Science, Political Ideologies, General
Pages: 252
Len's Summary: How the War Department and Army worked to build a martial spirit among the American people.
Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917
Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917 by Jeff Patrick ISBN: 1603440968
Published by Texas A&M University Press on February 10th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Personal Memoirs, History, Military, United States, State & Local, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Studies
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: This memoir offers a look at a professional soldier’s life and attitudes in the early 20th century.
Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill: How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era
Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill: How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era by Stephen R. Ortiz ISBN: 9780814762684
Published by NYU Press on April 1st 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans, Literary Criticism, Semiotics & Theory, Psychology, General
Pages: 268
Len's Summary: Closer look at two major American veteran’s organizations The American Legion and The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) helped shape post-WWI politics.
Ford in the Service of America: Mass Production for the Military During the World Wars
Ford in the Service of America: Mass Production for the Military During the World Wars by Timothy J. O'Callaghan ISBN: 9780786444854
Published by McFarland & Company on August 31st 2009
Genres: Business & Economics, Corporate & Business History, History, Military, World War I, World War II, United States, 20th Century, Transportation, Automotive, General
Pages: 198
Len's Summary: The history of Ford Motor Company’s products and achievements during two world wars.
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter’s Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home by Peter Nelson ISBN: 9780465003174
Published by Basic Books on 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, African American Studies, United States
Pages: 291
Len's Summary: A new history of the celebrated 369th Infantry, a segregated New York National Guard outfit recruited almost exclusively from Harlem. A History Book Club selection.
The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War
The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War by James Carl Nelson ISBN: 9780312650414
Published by Macmillan on September 28th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 400
Len's Summary: A tale of battle and the search for the legacy of the author’s Doughboy grandfather. Available in November 2009. // Follows the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, First Division from enlistment to combat at Cantigny, St. Mihiel and The Meuse-Argonne.
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I by Adriane Lentz-Smith ISBN: 0674062051
on September 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 318
Len's Summary: World War I viewed as a watershed moment in the evolving civil rights struggle in America.
Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood
Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood by Jack C. Lane ISBN: 0803226586
Published by Bison Books on December 1st 2009
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: A new biography of an American imperialist, Harvard Medical School graduate and political collaborator of Teddy Roosevelt who rose to be Army Chief of Staff, Governor General in Cuba and the Philippines and presidential wannabe. Also a available from Nebraska is Chasing Geronimo: The Journal of Leonard Wood, May-September 1886, Lack C. Lane (ed.), 176 pages, photos, map, ISBN 978 0 8032 2527 5, $14.96 paperback. Wood, then an Army contract surgeon, won the Medal of Honor for helping capture Apache chief Geronimo.
A Fleet to be Forgotten: The Wooden Freighters of World War One
A Fleet to be Forgotten: The Wooden Freighters of World War One by Louis A. Hough Published by San Francisco Maritime History Press on 2009
Pages: 343
Len's Summary: The U. S. Shipping Board ordered 393 wooden hulled (yellow pine or Douglas fir) steam freighters in an emergency effort to replace mounting U-boat losses, but only a few of them saw service before the conflict ended. Most soon ended up in ships graveyards such as Curtis Creek off Chesapeake Bay; only a handful survived into the 1930s.
Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France
Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France by William C. Harvey, Avery Wolfe ISBN: 1932033947
Published by Casemate Publishers on December 2009
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: The diary and letters of Avery Royce Wolfe recounting his service as a volunteer ambulance driver with the American Field Service near Verdun and with French occupation forces in the Rhineland from June 1917 to April 1919. Excellent photos taken by Avery Wolfe illustrate this volume. // Letters of a volunteer ambulance driver in the French army at Verdun and during the Ludendorff offensives of 1918. // Letters of an American volunteer ambulance driver in the French Army.
Doughboy War: The American Expeditionary Force in World War I
Doughboy War: The American Expeditionary Force in World War I by James H. Hallas ISBN: 9780811734677
Published by Stackpole Books on January 19th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, United States, Essays
Pages: 347
Len's Summary: Essays on the AEF experience.
The Army Medical Department, 1917-1941
The Army Medical Department, 1917-1941 by Mary C. Gillett, Center of Military History ISBN: 9781780390529
Published by Military Bookshop on November 23rd 2009
Genres: History, Military, United States
Pages: 668
Len's Summary: Traces the rapid growth and burgeoning expertise of the US Army Medical Department as a result of WWI.
The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman
The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman by D. M. Giangreco ISBN: 9780760332092
Published by Zenith Press on September 10th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Presidents & Heads of State, History, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 286
Len's Summary: Future President Harry “Give ‘Em Hell” Truman as an artillery officer on the Western Front.
Americans All!: Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War I
Americans All!: Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War I by Nancy Gentile Ford ISBN: 9781603441322
Published by Texas A&M University Press on January 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies
Pages: 214
Len's Summary: New paperback edition of a book nominated for the Army Historical Association Distinguished Book Award for 2001. A surge of immigrant draftees in 1917 permanently challenged the way the US Army approached citizenship training.
US 110′ Subchasers In Action
US 110' Subchasers In Action by T. Garth Connelly ISBN: 0897475879
Published by Squadron/Signal Publications on 2009
Pages: 64
Len's Summary: The evolution of an American type (the so-called Splinter Fleet) of anti-submarine vessels from 1916 through World War Two.
Selling the Great War: The Making of American Propaganda
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.
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.
On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919–1941
On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919–1941 by Steven Trout ISBN: 9780817357238
Published by University of Alabama Press on September 2nd 2010
Genres: History, General, United States, Literary Criticism, American, World War I
Pages: 340
Len's Summary: War and memory in the 1920s and 30s.
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.
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).
Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson’s First Ladies
Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies by Kristie Miller ISBN: 9780700617371
Published by University Press of Kansas on October 15th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, Women, History, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 348
Len's Summary: Wilson’s wives major influence on his life and politics.
In Italy with the 332nd Infantry
In Italy with the 332nd Infantry by Joseph L. Lettau ISBN: 9781175591432
Published by BiblioBazaar on 2010
Genres: History, General, World War I, United States
Pages: 96
Len's Summary: Reprint of a 1923 book on the sole American combat unit from the 86th Division sent to the Italian Front; sometimes called “Pershing’s Propaganda Division.” The author was a battalion sergeant-major in the 332nd Regiment.
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.
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.
Food Will Win the War: Minnesota Crops, Cooks, and Conservation during World War I
Food Will Win the War: Minnesota Crops, Cooks, and Conservation during World War I by Rae Katherine Eighmey ISBN: 9780873517188
Published by Minnesota Historical Society on February 1st 2010
Genres: Cooking, History, United States, 20th Century, State & Local
Pages: 260
Len's Summary: America had no food rationing in WWI, but led by Food Administrator Herbert Hoover, citizens banded together voluntarily to conserve with Meatless Mondays, Wheatless Wednesdays and Victory Gardens.
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
A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolsheviks: A Memoir
A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolsheviks: A Memoir ISBN: 9780802865205 Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing on September 14th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, World War II, United States, Other, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 187
Len's Summary: Memoir of a member of the 337th Field Hospital part of a 5,000-man American Army unit in Northern Russia from 1918 to 1919.
Letters from a War Bird: The World War I Correspondence of Elliot White Springs
Letters from a War Bird: The World War I Correspondence of Elliot White Springs ISBN: 9781611170405 Published by University of South Carolina Press on January 1st 2012
Pages: 358
Len's Summary: Reprint of a famous memoir written by an AEF pursuit pilot.
Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family – A Test of Will and Faith in World War I
Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family – A Test of Will and Faith in World War I by Louisa Thomas ISBN: 9780143120995
Published by Penguin Books on May 29th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, Peace
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: A look at the tumultuous years of the early 20th century through the eyes of the Thomas brothers.
With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat, 1918
With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat, 1918 by David Stevenson ISBN: 9780674062269
Published by Harvard University Press on September 19th 2011
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, United States, Political Science, International Relations
Pages: 688
Len's Summary: A broad, sagely crafted political-military analysis of the 1918 end game of WWI focusing on the basis for the Allies’ incomplete victory and implications for peace. The author also wrote the excellent Armaments and the Coming of War, 1904-1914 (Oxford, 1996).
George W. Hamilton, USMC: America’s Greatest World War I Hero
George W. Hamilton, USMC: America’s Greatest World War I Hero by Mark Mortensen ISBN: 9780786463213
Published by McFarland & Company on June 30th 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Military, History, World War I, United States
Pages: 302
Len's Summary: The long-forgotten story of a highly decorated Marine company and battalion commander on the Western Front; one of Leatherneck’s top ten marines. Order from www.mcfarlandpub.com.
Loyalty in a Time of Trial: The African-American Experience During World War I
Loyalty in a Time of Trial: The African-American Experience During World War I by Nina Mjagkij ISBN: 9780742570436
Published by Rowman & Littlefield on April 16th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 225
Len's Summary: Nearly 370,000 Black soldiers served in a segregated military while another 400,000 migrated north to work in defense industries. This service forced America to confront institutionalized segregation and racism.
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
