World War I Almanac by David R. Woodward ISBN: 9780816071340
Published by Facts On File on September 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Juvenile Nonfiction, Military & Wars, Reference, Almanacs
Pages: 554
Len's Summary: A new reference work from a first-rank scholar of the Great War who teaches at Marshall University. Dr. Woodward is also the author of a fine biography of British WWI Chief of Staff Field Marshall Sir William Robertson (Greenwood 1998) and a more recent history of the Palestine Campaign Hell in the Holyland (Kentucky 2006).
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.
Mediterranean Submarines: Submarine Warfare in World War One
Mediterranean Submarines: Submarine Warfare in World War One by Paul Kemp ISBN: 0947554572
on September 10th 1998
Pages: 219
Len's Summary: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0947554572/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0947554572&linkCode=as2&tag=worlwaroneh0a-20&linkId=G2A2W5GFYB3YBSTN
The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922
The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922 by H.P. Willmott ISBN: 0253352142
Published by Indiana University Press on June 1st 2009
Pages: 568
Len's Summary: Analyses the complex nature of transition to modern war at sea, changes in shipbuilding, armament technology and doctrine. Written by a foremost military historian.
Verdun: An Integrated Defence
Verdun: An Integrated Defence by Neil J. Wells ISBN: 1845747151
on July 22nd 2009
Len's Summary: Details on the Verdun forts.
Tank Action in The Great War
Tank Action in The Great War by Ian Verrinder ISBN: 9781848840805
on September 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 218
Len's Summary: An account of the attacks of B Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (later the Tank Corps) on the Somme, at Messines, Ypres, Cambrai and Fontaine-Notre-Dame
The Dardanelles Disaster: Winston Churchill’s Greatest Failure
The Dardanelles Disaster: Winston Churchill's Greatest Failure by Dan Van der Vat ISBN: 1590202236
Published by The Overlook Press on July 9th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Naval
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: A new look at a much-studies campaign.
Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin
Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin by Richard Van Emden ISBN: 1408802678
on November 2nd 2009
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: The diary of a Royal Engineer on the Western. Available from Amazon.co.uk.
Prisoners of the Kaiser: The last POWs of The Great War
Prisoners of the Kaiser: The last POWs of The Great War by Richard Van Emden ISBN: 9781848840782
on August 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, Veterans
Pages: 196
Len's Summary: Draws on the memories of the last surviving British POWs.
Before My Helpless Sight: Suffering, Dying and Military Medicine on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Before My Helpless Sight: Suffering, Dying and Military Medicine on the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Leo van Bergen ISBN: 9780754658535
on February 8th 2009
Genres: History, Modern, General, Military, World War I, Medical
Pages: 528
Len's Summary: Drawing on French, Dutch, British and German sources, the author examines the impact of modern war on individual soldiers. Translation from the Dutch recommended by Hubert van Tuyll of Augusta State University.
The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front & Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-1918
The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front & Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-1918 by Timothy Travers ISBN: 9780850529647
on July 1st 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 309
Len's Summary: A distinguished Canadian historian integrates social and military history to illuminate the evolution of British war- fighting doctrine. Available from www.casematepublishing.com in America.
Captivity, Forced Labour and Forced Migration in Europe during the First World War
Captivity, Forced Labour and Forced Migration in Europe during the First World War by Matthew Stibbe ISBN: 0415846358
Published by Routledge on August 7th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Essays
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Six essays on POWs, refugees, deportees, internees, forced migrations, and use of colonial troops and civilian laborers in Europe.
No Labour, No Battle: The Labour Corps in the First World War
No Labour, No Battle: The Labour Corps in the First World War by Ivor Lee, John Starling ISBN: 0752449753
Published by Spellmount Publishers on November 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World, Great Britain
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Beginning in 1917, soldiers too old or unfit for front line service were drafted into the Labour Corps which eventually grew to some 350 thousand.
Men of Mont St Quentin: Between Victory and Death
Men of Mont St Quentin: Between Victory and Death by Peter Stanley ISBN: 9781921215339
Published by Scribe on August 31st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Australia & New Zealand
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: The focus is on the dozen men who fought in Nine Platoon, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion on September 1, 1918, tracing their battle and the survivors’ lives after the war.
Private Beatson’s War: Life, Death and Hope on the Western Front
Private Beatson’s War: Life, Death and Hope on the Western Front by Shaun Springer, Henry Allingham, Stuart Humphreys, James Beatson ISBN: 1848840829
on November 1st 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Veterans
Pages: 154
Len's Summary: From the dairy of British soldiers killed at High Wood on the Somme.
Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the Turks
Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the Turks by W.C. Spackman, Tony Spackman ISBN: 184415873X
Published by Pen & Sword Books on May 1st 2009
Pages: 206
Len's Summary: The edited diary of a British Indian Army doctor.
Oh Holy Night: The Peace of 1914
Oh Holy Night: The Peace of 1914 by Michael C. Snow ISBN: 9781616230807
on January 1st 2009
Pages: 96
Len's Summary: The Christmas Truce of 1914. Order through Evangel Press, Nappannee, Indiana (800) 253-9315.
Drawing Fire: The Diary of a Great War Soldier and Artist
Drawing Fire: The Diary of a Great War Soldier and Artist by Len Smith ISBN: 9780007313846
Published by Collins on October 1st 2009
Pages: 383
Len's Summary: The diary of an infantrymen sniper and artist who carried both a rifle and a sketchbook to war.
Another Life: Lawrence After Arabia
Another Life: Lawrence After Arabia by Andrew R. B. Simpson ISBN: 9780752463582
Published by History Press on June 1st 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World War I
Pages: 366
Len's Summary: Yet another in an unending line of books about Lawrence of Arabia, this one focussing on his post-war career, particularly in the Tank Corps and the RAF.
The German Army at Cambrai
The German Army at Cambrai by Jack Sheldon ISBN: 9781844159444
on September 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I
Pages: 338
Len's Summary: The see-saw November-December 1917 battle from the German point of view based on German archival material.
Wings over the Desert: In Action with an RAF Pilot in Palestine, 1916-18
Wings over the Desert: In Action with an RAF Pilot in Palestine, 1916-18 by Desmond Seward ISBN: 9781844256723
Published by Haynes Publishing on 2009
Genres: History, Middle East, General, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Air battles with the Germans over the Sinai Desert with a pilot of Number 14 Squadron, RAF.
Shot in the Tower: The Story of Spies Executed in the Tower of London During the First World War
Shot in the Tower: The Story of Spies Executed in the Tower of London During the First World War by Leonard Sellers ISBN: 9781848840263
on July 19th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Germany, Great Britain
Pages: 212
Len's Summary: None of the men had any proper training for espionage, but their lives were forfeit despite their amateur status.
The Secret Battle: Emotional Survival in the Great War
The Secret Battle: Emotional Survival in the Great War by Michael Roper ISBN: 9780719083860
Published by Manchester University Press on October 12th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Great Britain, General, Psychology
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: Personal experience and psychological impact of WWI on soldiers and their families.
Infantry Attacks
Infantry Attacks by Erwin Rommel ISBN: 9780960273607
Published by Athena Press on 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Strategy
Pages: 325
Len's Summary: First published in 1937, Rommel’s work quickly became a standard military text.
Handbook of Imperial Germany
Handbook of Imperial Germany by Janet Robinson, Joe Robinson ISBN: 1449021131
Published by AuthorHouse on September 23rd 2009
Genres: History, Military, General, Germany, World War I
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: A summary overview of Imperial German government, the constituent states and kingdoms and the organization of the armies of Prussia and the several kingdoms, including an order of battle for August 1914. Appendices contain a timeline, notes on the Imperial Constitution, and on tactics. An outstanding and affordable reference source on Imperial German government, society and military.
Scorched Earth: The Germans on the Somme 1914-18
Scorched Earth: The Germans on the Somme 1914-18 by Gerhard Hirschfeld, Gerd Krumeich ISBN: 1844159736
Published by Pen & Sword Books on July 1st 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: A detailed examination of German warfare.
The Plot to Kill Lloyd George: The Story of Alice Wheeldon and the Peartree Conspiracy
The Plot to Kill Lloyd George: The Story of Alice Wheeldon and the Peartree Conspiracy by Nicola Rippon ISBN: 1844158373
on January 15th 2009
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: An apparent attempt by government to discredit the British anti-war movement by falsely charging the Wheeldon family with plotting to murder the Prime Minister and a member of his cabinet, Arthur Henderson.
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 Best Small-Boat Seamen in the Navy
The Best Small-Boat Seamen in the Navy by W. David Parsons, Ean Parsons ISBN: 9780980936940
Published by DRC on 2009
Pages: 244
Len's Summary: Newfoundlanders in the Royal Navy during WWI. Available from info@drcpublishingnl.com.
Pilgrimage: A guide to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in World War One
Pilgrimage: A guide to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in World War One by W. David Parsons ISBN: 9781895387407
Published by Creative Publishers on 2009
Pages: 205
Len's Summary: The author is chairman of the Newfoundland Branch of WFA. Available form the publisher at info@drcpublishingnl.com.
The Whole Armour of God: Anglican Army Chaplains in the Great War
The Whole Armour of God: Anglican Army Chaplains in the Great War by Linda Parker ISBN: 1906033420
Published by Helion & Company on October 1st 2009
Pages: 112
Len's Summary: Attempts to judge the sometimes maligned service of chaplains by the ideals and standards of their time.
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.
The Atlas of Kaunas Fortress
The Atlas of Kaunas Fortress by Vladimir Orlov, Karo Paveldo Centras ISBN: 978 9955 30 080 0
Published by Arx Baltica on 2009
Pages: 68
Len's Summary: A series of concrete and steel reinforced forts, artillery and infantry emplacements, barracks and warehouses guarding the border with Prussia and key Russian rail lines begun in 1885 and modernized from 1912. Kaunas, now in Lithuania, is a former capital of that nation. Drawn largely from Russian archives.
Digging Up Plugstreet: The Archeology of a Great War Battlefield
Digging Up Plugstreet: The Archaeology of a Great War Battlefield by Richard Osgood, Martin Brown ISBN: B012HV1Y4A
Published by J H Haynes & Co on August 2009
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Digging up the battlefield at Ploegsteert, Belgium, south of Ypres to unearth the story of the men of the 3rd Australian Division.
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.
The Hell They Called High Wood: The Somme 1916
The Hell They Called High Wood: The Somme 1916 by Terry Norman ISBN: 9780850529869
Published by Leo Cooper on June 30th 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Study of a bloody series of battles at a focal point of the Somme Campaign of 1916.
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.
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy ISBN: 9780545130493
Published by Scholastic Press on October 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Juvenile Nonfiction, Military & Wars, Social Issues, Friendship
Pages: 116
Len's Summary: More on the 1914 Christmas Truce on the Western Front
American Military Vehicles of World War I: An Illustrated History of Armored Cars, Staff Cars, Motorcycles, Ambulances, Trucks, Tractors and Tanks
American Military Vehicles of World War I: An Illustrated History of Armored Cars, Staff Cars, Motorcycles, Ambulances, Trucks, Tractors and Tanks by Albert Mroz ISBN: 0786439602
Published by McFarland & Company on August 24th 2009
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science, Transportation, Automotive
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: Useful reference work.
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
