ISBN: 9781848843912
Published by Pen & Sword Books on February 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 205
Len's Summary: The BEF’s fighting retreat in 1914. See Also John Terraine, Mons: The Retreat to Victory (1960).
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
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
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.
World War One Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Stories and Diaries of J. M. McCleery, RNAS/RAF
World War One Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Stories and Diaries of J. M. McCleery, RNAS/RAF by Guy Warner
ISBN: 9781848842557
on June 13th 2011
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781848842557
on June 13th 2011
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Memoirs of service on HMS Furious. -- The story of an aviator flying off HMS Furious in.1917 and 1918.
A Surgeon in Khaki: Through France and Flanders in World War I
A Surgeon in Khaki: Through France and Flanders in World War I by Arthur Anderson Martin, Glyn Harper
ISBN: 0803234929
Published by University of Nebraska Press on April 1st 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Personal Memoirs, History, Military, World War I, Medical, Surgery
Pages: 320
ISBN: 0803234929
Published by University of Nebraska Press on April 1st 2011
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Personal Memoirs, History, Military, World War I, Medical, Surgery
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: The memoir of a New Zealand surgeon in the BEF.
War’s Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America
War’s Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America by Beth Linker
ISBN: 9780226482538
Published by University of Chicago Press on June 15th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans
Pages: 291
ISBN: 9780226482538
Published by University of Chicago Press on June 15th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans
Pages: 291
Len's Summary: As part of an effort to minimize soldiers’ pension costs (the largest line item in the Federal budget), the US embarked on a massive program of rehabilitation in an effort to return badly wounded men to productive lives. This resulted in the vast expansion of the medical rehabilitative specialties and the creation of Veterans Administration. Also available as a Nook book.
Captured Memories: Across the Threshold of War
Captured Memories: Across the Threshold of War by Peter Liddle
ISBN: 9781848842342
on February 2011
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 313
ISBN: 9781848842342
on February 2011
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 313
Len's Summary: A look at the famous and not so famous men and women who served on several fronts. The author is a distinguished British historian of both world wars whose collection of WWI documents and memorabilia is permanently housed at the University of Leeds.
Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant life of the British Officer in the First World War
Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant life of the British Officer in the First World War by John Lewis-Stempel
ISBN: 9781409102144
Published by Orion on October 1st 2011
Pages: 358
ISBN: 9781409102144
Published by Orion on October 1st 2011
Pages: 358
Len's Summary: Drawing on their writings, the author seeks to illustrate the lives and deaths of British officers at the front. -- The title reflects the life expectancy of company grade officers in the trenches of WWI. A narrative history based on first-hand accounts.
Letters from a Sailor: America at War 1917-1918
Letters from a Sailor: America at War 1917-1918 by Daniel E. Lee
ISBN: 9780739166383
Published by Lexington Books on October 13th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Naval
Pages: 117
ISBN: 9780739166383
Published by Lexington Books on October 13th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Naval
Pages: 117
Len's Summary: The correspondence between navy enlistee Conrad Ostroot and his Iowa family.
Destination Western Front: London’s Omnibuses Go to War
Destination Western Front: London's Omnibuses Go to War by Roy Larkin
ISBN: 9780956501400
Published by BPR Publishers on March 2010
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9780956501400
Published by BPR Publishers on March 2010
Pages: 80
Len's Summary: A little-know aspect of motor transport in The Great War.
Other Combatants, Other Fronts: Competing Histories of the First World War
Other Combatants, Other Fronts: Competing Histories of the First World War by Alisa Miller, Alisa Miller and Laura Rowe
ISBN: 1443827371
Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing on April 1st 2011
Pages: 325
ISBN: 1443827371
Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing on April 1st 2011
Pages: 325
Len's Summary: Moves attention away from the Western Front to focus on other theatres and forgotten experiences of war including in neutral Holland and Switzerland.. Based on papers presented at a Society of World War One Studies conference held during September 2009 in London.
Horsemen in No Man’s Land: British Cavalry and Trench Warfare, 1914-1918
Horsemen in No Man’s Land: British Cavalry and Trench Warfare, 1914-1918 by David Kenyon
ISBN: 9781848843646
Published by Pen & Sword Military on December 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 293
ISBN: 9781848843646
Published by Pen & Sword Military on December 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 293
Len's Summary: Challenges conventional wisdom on the value of cavalry on the Western Front.
Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy
Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy by Patrick J. Kelly
ISBN: 9780253001757
Published by Indiana University Press on May 3rd 2011
Genres: History, Military, Naval, Biography & Autobiography, World War I
Pages: 608
ISBN: 9780742552746
Published by Rowman & Littlefield on August 1st 2010
Genres: History, Jewish, Military, World War I, Religion, Judaism
Pages: 191
ISBN: 9780253001757
Published by Indiana University Press on May 3rd 2011
Genres: History, Military, Naval, Biography & Autobiography, World War I
Pages: 608
Len's Summary: Grand Admiral Tirpitz (1849-1930) dominated German naval policy during the years leading up to WWI. This is both a compelling biography and an examination of the historiography of the period.
We Are Coming, Unafraid: The Jewish Legions and the Promised Land in the First World War
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We Are Coming, Unafraid: The Jewish Legions and the Promised Land in the First World War by Michael Keren, Shlomit KerenISBN: 9780742552746
Published by Rowman & Littlefield on August 1st 2010
Genres: History, Jewish, Military, World War I, Religion, Judaism
Pages: 191
Len's Summary: The story of the three British Jewish Legions recruited from Canada, the US and England based on volunteer letters and diaries.
World War I: The American Soldier Experience
World War I: The American Soldier Experience by Jennifer D. Keene
ISBN: 9780803234871
Published by University of Nebraska Press on April 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States
Pages: 217
ISBN: 9780803234871
Published by University of Nebraska Press on April 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: Based on the letters and memoirs of men and women who served.
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild
ISBN: 9780547750316
Published by Mariner Books on March 6th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 448
ISBN: 9780547750316
Published by Mariner Books on March 6th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 448
Len's Summary: Existing tensions in British society exacerbated by the huge human and material costs of industrialized war shaped conflict that often pitted brother against sister. father against son.
Poems of World War One, 1914-1919
Poems of World War One, 1914-1919 by Steven Leslie Hill
ISBN: 9781908336101
Published by Tommies Guides on September 1st 2011
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9781908336101
Published by Tommies Guides on September 1st 2011
Pages: 56
Len's Summary: Twenty five brief verses with illustrations.
The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World by Holger H. Herwig
ISBN: 9780812978292
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks on February 8th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 391
ISBN: 9780812978292
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks on February 8th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 391
Len's Summary: The first four weeks of WWI: a first-rate new study in best-laid-plans gone awry by a prize-wining Canadian military historian. // An important and well-crafted new look at the decisive days between September 5 and September 11, 1914 drawing on archival material thought destroyed in WWII by a distinguished Canadian historian and winner of the WFA Tomlinson Book Prize.
Gallipoli
Gallipoli by Peter Hart
ISBN: 9780199361274
Published by Oxford University Press on March 5th 2014
Genres: History, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, General, Military, World War I
Pages: 534
ISBN: 9780199361274
Published by Oxford University Press on March 5th 2014
Genres: History, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, General, Military, World War I
Pages: 534
Len's Summary: British oral historian Hart reexamines the failed Gallipoli campaign drawing on letters and memoirs of soldiers on both sides. Lively and very readable.
British Silent Cinema and The Great War
British Silent Cinema and The Great War by Michael Hammond, Michael Williams
ISBN: 0230292623
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on November 15th 2011
Pages: 216
ISBN: 0230292623
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on November 15th 2011
Pages: 216
Len's Summary: These essays look at the British movie industry’s response to The Great War and how that industry shaped the war’s memory in the 19 teens and 20s.
Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese Workers in the Great War
Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese Workers in the Great War by Guoqi Xu
ISBN: 9780674049994
Published by Harvard University Press on March 20th 2011
Genres: History, Asia, General, Military, World War I, World, Modern, 20th Century, Social Science, Minority Studies, Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780674049994
Published by Harvard University Press on March 20th 2011
Genres: History, Asia, General, Military, World War I, World, Modern, 20th Century, Social Science, Minority Studies, Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: The story of 140 thousand illiterate Chinese contract coolie laborers contracted by the British and French for service behind the lines in France and Flanders; revolutionary China’s major contribution to WWI made in an effort to stave off powerful external threats from Japan and other powers.
Foch in Command: The Forging of a First World War General
Foch in Command: The Forging of a First World War General by Elizabeth Greenhalgh
ISBN: 9781107633858
Published by Cambridge University Press on January 30th 2014
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Europe
Pages: 570
ISBN: 9781107633858
Published by Cambridge University Press on January 30th 2014
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Europe
Pages: 570
Len's Summary: A new look at the life and achievements of the allied generalissimo of WWI.
Eden to Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East
Eden to Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East by Roger Ford
ISBN: 0753827980
Published by Phoenix on August 1st 2010
Pages: 496
ISBN: 0753827980
Published by Phoenix on August 1st 2010
Pages: 496
Len's Summary: A broad-brush narrative history spanning all the Middle East theatres from Gallipoli, through the Caucasus, Palestine, the Sinai and the Hejaz to Mesopotamia; many detailed maps and numerous illustrations. -- A narrative history of the sweep of war from the Russo-Turkish war in the Caucasus, to Gallipoli, Macedonia, Suez, Palestine and Mesopotamia followed by the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of modern Turkey. Also available in August 2011 in paperback from the same publisher ISBN 978 1 6059 8196 3, $17.95. // A new survey history of the war in Mesopotamia and Palestine.
The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War
The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War by Peter Englund
ISBN: 9780307739285
on September 4th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 540
ISBN: 9780307739285
on September 4th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 540
Len's Summary: A Swedish historian gives us an intimate history generated from the writings of 20 men and woman who participated.
Race, Empire and First World War Writing
Race, Empire and First World War Writing by Santanu Das
ISBN: 9781107664494
Published by Cambridge University Press on January 20th 2014
Genres: Literary Criticism, European, General, History, Military, World War I, Social Science
Pages: 350
ISBN: 9781107664494
Published by Cambridge University Press on January 20th 2014
Genres: Literary Criticism, European, General, History, Military, World War I, Social Science
Pages: 350
Len's Summary: Using primary sources, Das looks at the experiences of various ethnic groups during WW1.
The Hidden Threat: Mines and Minesweeping in WWI
The Hidden Threat: Mines and Minesweeping in WWI by Jim Crossley
ISBN: 9781848842724
on October 2011
Pages: 165
ISBN: 9781848842724
on October 2011
Pages: 165
Len's Summary: Mines cost the Royal Navy five battleships, three cruisers, 22 destroyers, four submarines, and a host of other vessels.
Sacred Places: Canadian Cemeteries of the Great War-Vol. I, Belgium
Sacred Places: Canadian Cemeteries of the Great War-Vol. I, Belgium by Norm Christie
ISBN: 1896979211
Published by CEF Books on January 1st 2011
Pages: 238
ISBN: 1896979211
Published by CEF Books on January 1st 2011
Pages: 238
Len's Summary: The story of 168 cemeteries where Canadian dead are buried in France and Flanders.
For Our Old Comrades: The Story & Ephemera of the Vimy Pilgrimage, July,1936
For Our Old Comrades: The Story & Ephemera of the Vimy Pilgrimage, July,1936 by Norm Christie
ISBN: 1896979750
Published by CEF Books Pages: 105
ISBN: 1896979750
Published by CEF Books Pages: 105
Len's Summary: Recalls the Great Pilgrimage of 1936 in which 6,200 Canadian WWI veterans, war widows and their children traveled to France for the dedication of the Vimy Ridge Memorial.
The Zeppelin Base Raids: Germany 1914
The Zeppelin Base Raids: Germany 1914 by Ian Castle, Peter Dennis
ISBN: 0674012844
on April 19th 2011
Pages: 64
ISBN: 0674012844
on April 19th 2011
Pages: 64
Len's Summary: Royal Naval Air Service attempts to forestall the Zeppelin threat. For more detail see: The Flatpack Bombers by Ian Gardiner (Pen & Sword, 2009).
The Great War: An Illustrated History
The Great War: An Illustrated History by Phil Carradice
ISBN: 1848688814
on July 2011
Pages: 160
ISBN: 1848688814
on July 2011
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: A survey history of WWI.
Zeppelins Over England, 1914-1918
Zeppelins Over England 1914-18 by Horst Freiherr Treu von Buttlar Brandenfels
ISBN: 1907677356
Published by Helion & Company on May 2nd 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 152
ISBN: 1907677356
Published by Helion & Company on May 2nd 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 152
Len's Summary: A peek at what it was like to fly in and command a Zeppelin in combat.
Blood and Iron: Letters from the Western Front
Blood and Iron: Letters from the Western Front by Hugh Montagu Butterworth
ISBN: 184884297X
on November 19th 2011
Pages: 234
ISBN: 184884297X
on November 19th 2011
Pages: 234
Len's Summary: The letters of Hugh Butterworth of the 9th Rifle Brigade.
Happy Days!: A Humorous Narrative in Drawings of the Progress of American Arms 1917-1919
Happy Days!: A Humorous Narrative in Drawings of the Progress of American Arms 1917-1919 by Alban B. Butler
ISBN: 9781849086295
Published by Osprey Publishing on November 22nd 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Humor, Form, Comic Strips & Cartoons, Topic, Political
Pages: 110
ISBN: 9781849086295
Published by Osprey Publishing on November 22nd 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Humor, Form, Comic Strips & Cartoons, Topic, Political
Pages: 110
Len's Summary: Originally published on the 10th anniversary of the end of the war these humorous cartoons were drawn by an aide to 1st Division commander Charles Summerall.
The War Horses: The Tragic Fate of a Million Horses in the First World War
The War Horses by Simon Butler
ISBN: 9780857040848
Published by Halsgrove on May 1st 2011
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9780857040848
Published by Halsgrove on May 1st 2011
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: Focuses on draught animals requisitioned for pulling guns and wagons in the BEF reminding us that WWI was largely a conflict of animal motive power.
Bodies of War: World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933
Bodies of War: World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 by Lisa M. Budreau
ISBN: 9780814725184
Published by NYU Press on November 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans, 20th Century
Pages: 317
ISBN: 9780814725184
Published by NYU Press on November 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans, 20th Century
Pages: 317
Len's Summary: First published in hardcover in 2009, this book explains how and why the USG took responsibility for the identification, repatriation or reburial and memorialization of war dead. // A serious analysis of the issues surrounding the repatriation of American war dead, the creation of the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Gold Star mother’s pilgrimage. Dr. Budreau is a member of WFA and frequent speaker at our seminars.
The Imperial German Eagles in World War I: Their Postcards And Pictures
The Imperial German Eagles in World War I: Their Postcards And Pictures by Lance J. Bronnenkant
ISBN: 9780764324406
Published by Schiffer Military History on April 2006
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, Germany, World War I, Pictorial
Pages: 348
ISBN: 9780764324406
Published by Schiffer Military History on April 2006
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, Germany, World War I, Pictorial
Pages: 348
Len's Summary: Volume three of a valuable reference work that includes some Austro-Hungarian airman. // The second in a planned three-part series looks at the collectible Sanke, Liersch and NPG postcards featuring German WWI aviators. Available in April 2008.
Cox’s Navy: Salvaging The German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Cox's Navy: Salvaging The German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931 by Tony Booth
ISBN: 9781844151813
on October 2005
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval
Pages: 213
ISBN: 9781844151813
on October 2005
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval
Pages: 213
Len's Summary: History’s biggest salvage operation.
St. Miliel 1918: The American Expeditionary Forces Trial by Fire
by David Bonk
ISBN: 9781849083911
Published by Osprey Publishing on October 18th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781849083911
Published by Osprey Publishing on October 18th 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States
Pages: 96
The Great War and the Making of the Modern World
The Great War and the Making of the Modern World by Jeremy Black
ISBN: 9780826440938
Published by A&C Black on May 19th 2011
Genres: History, Modern, 20th Century, Military, World War I
Pages: 337
ISBN: 9780826440938
Published by A&C Black on May 19th 2011
Genres: History, Modern, 20th Century, Military, World War I
Pages: 337
Len's Summary: Takes the position that WWI was a global war of imperialism rather than simply a European conflict.
The Battle for Flanders: German Defeat on the Lys 1918
The Battle for Flanders: German Defeat on the Lys 1918 by Chris Baker
ISBN: 9781848842984
on July 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 218
ISBN: 9781848842984
on July 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 218
Len's Summary: One of the final battles in Flanders summarized.