An Illustrated History of The First World War by John Keegan ISBN: 9780375412592
Published by Alfred A. Knopf on October 30th 2001
Pages: 432
Doctrine Under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I
Doctrine Under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I by Mark E. Grotelueschen ISBN: 9780313311710
Published by Greenwood Press on November 30th 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 174
Len's Summary: How the conflict between infantrymen and artillerists in the AEF went unresolved…
American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, 1917-1920
American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, 1917-1920 by Martin Marix Evans ISBN: 1579583091
Published by Routledge on February 3rd 2001
Pages: 258
Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States
Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States by Mark Ellis ISBN: 9780253109323
Published by Indiana University Press on July 26th 2001
Genres: History, United States, General, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Military, World War I
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Race relations in America during The Great War…not a pretty sight.
The Officer’s Ward
The Officer's Ward by Marc Dugain ISBN: 1569472653
Published by Soho Press on November 1st 2001
Pages: 143
Len's Summary: The story of French officers who maintain their dignity and humor even after being disfigured by war wounds sustained on the Western Front. Winner of the Prix des Libraries, among others, in 1998 when it was first published in France.
1918: War and Peace
1918: War and Peace by Gregor Dallas ISBN: 9781585671571
Published by Overlook Press on 2001
Genres: History, Europe, General, France, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 616
Len's Summary: Answers the question: “how did World War One end?” Not a pretty sight…
The Kaiser’s Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918
The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918 by Eric Dorn Brose ISBN: 0195143353
Published by Oxford University Press on 2001
Pages: 336
Who’s Who in World War One
Who’s Who in World War One by John M. Bourne ISBN: 9780415141796
Published by Routledge on 2001
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Reference, History, World War I
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: John Bourne is a leading British WWI and WWII scholar.
A Navy Second to None: The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I
A Navy Second to None: The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I by Michael D. Besch ISBN: 9780313319099
Published by Greenwood Press on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Naval
Pages: 230
The Great War: 1914-1918 (2nd Edition)
The Great War: 1914-1918 (2nd Edition) ISBN: 9781405812528 Published by Pearson/Longman on 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I
Pages: 813
Len's Summary: A survey history that covers the war thematically rather than chronologically and has a social, economic and political emphasis.
America’s Great War: World War I and the American Experience
America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience by Robert H. Zieger ISBN: 9780847696451
Published by Rowman & Littlefield on 2001
Pages: 275
Len's Summary: A social history of America in the Great War era by a professor of history at the University of Florida.
Russian Supply Efforts in America During the First World War
Russian Supply Efforts in America During the First World War by Dale C. Rielage ISBN: 9780786413379
Published by McFarland on January 1st 2002
Genres: History, World, Military, World War I, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 164
Len's Summary: Assesses the Imperial Governments attempts to secure aid from America while depending on British financing of its purchases there.
British Culture And The First World War
British Culture And The First World War by George Robb ISBN: 9780333715710
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on June 29th 2002
Pages: 274
Len's Summary: A social history examining how WWI changed England and how much remained the same; received a strongly favorable review in War in History.
POWs and the Great War: Captivity on the Eastern Front
POWs and the Great War: Captivity on the Eastern Front by Alon Rachamimov ISBN: 9781859735787
Published by Bloomsbury Academic on July 1st 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 259
Len's Summary: For a wider treatment of this subject see: Prisoners, Diplomats and the Great War: A Study in the Diplomacy of Captivity, Richard B. Speed, III, Greenwood, Westport, 1990, 256 pages, index, maps, ISBN 0-313-26729-4, $55.00 hardback.
The Road to Verdun: World War I’s Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism
The Road to Verdun: World War I's Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism by Ian Ousby ISBN: 0385503938
Published by Doubleday on June 18th 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 416
Len's Summary: World War I’s most momentous battle and the folly of nationalism.
Amiens: Dawn of Victory
Amiens: Dawn of Victory by James McWilliams, R. James Steel ISBN: 155002342X
Published by Dundurn on September 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Canada, General
Pages: 250
Len's Summary: Recounts “the black day of the German Army,” August 8, 1918. Dr. McWilliams spoke at the March 2002 WFA seminar in Victoria, B.C.
Shell Shock: Traumatic Neurosis and the British Soldiers of the First World War
Shell Shock: Traumatic Neurosis and the British Soldiers of the First World War by Peter Leese ISBN: 9780333969267
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on September 21st 2002
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: A full-length treatment of post traumatic stress syndrome.
The Zebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918
The Zebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918 by Deborah Lake ISBN: 0850528704
on October 1st 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The story of a daring but unsuccessful attempt to block access to German mine-laying submarine and destroyer bases in Belgium.
Ireland and the Great War
Ireland and the Great War by Keith Jeffery ISBN: 9780521773232
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 9th 2000
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Covers the experiences of both Protestant and Catholic formations.
The First World War
The First World War by Michael Howard ISBN: 9780192853622
Published by Oxford University Press on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 154
Len's Summary: One of several new one-volume monographs surveying the war on all fronts. For non-specialists. Another recent and richly illustrated one volume treatment by the same title has been produced by Hugh Strachan from Viking Penguin (2004), also in paperback.
Britain, France, and the Financing of the First World War
Britain, France, and the Financing of the First World War by Martin Horn ISBN: 9780773522930
on March 26th 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 249
Len's Summary: A good analysis of a neglected area ofimportance in understanding WWI. I plan to review this for a future issue of StandTo!
The Starvation Blockades: Naval Blockades of WWI
The Starvation Blockades: Naval Blockades of WWI by Nigel Hawkins ISBN: 9780850529081
Published by Naval Institute Press on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Naval
Pages: 262
Len's Summary: A fine survey history of the Royal Navy distant blockade of Germany and the German U-boat war against Great Britain.
A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front
A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front by Winston Groom ISBN: 9780871138422
Published by Atlantic Monthly Press on 2002
Genres: History, Europe, Western, Military, World War I
Pages: 276
Len's Summary: By the author of Forrest Gump. The story of four year’s of almost continuous warfare in the Ypres Salient, where poison gas was first employed. Good preparatory reading for those attending our April 2003 Ypres Seminar and Tour.
Lloyd George: War Leader, 1916-1918
Lloyd George: War Leader, 1916-1918 by John Grigg ISBN: 9780713993431
Published by Allen Lane on 2002
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Biography & Autobiography, Political, Military, World War I
Pages: 669
Len's Summary: The forth volume in a biography takes Lloyd George from his supplanting of Asquith in 1916 to the end of the war.
The Enemy’s House Divided
The Enemy's House Divided by Charles De Gaulle, Robert Eden ISBN: 0807826669
Published by University of North Carolina Press on November 11th 2002
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, Western, World War I
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Analyses Germany’s defeat in 1918, first published in 1924 (translation).
The Last Crusade: The Palestine Campaign in the First World War
The Last Crusade: The Palestine Campaign in the First World War by Anthony Bruce ISBN: 0719554322
Published by John Murray Publishers on January 1st 2002
Pages: 299
Len's Summary: Billed as the first history of the Palestinian Campaign in 20 years.
1914-1918: Understanding the Great War
1914-1918: Understanding the Great War by Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, Annette Becker ISBN: 1861973527
Published by Profile Books on 2002
Pages: 280
Len's Summary: Concentrates on the origins and societal impact of this violent, industrialized conflict. // Essays on analyzing the causes and effects of the war first published in 2003 by two distinguished French scholars. Three stars.
World War I in Photographs
World War I in Photographs by J. H. J. Andriessen ISBN: 9789036618717
Published by Rebo Pub. on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Photography, Photoessays & Documentaries
Pages: 600
Len's Summary: The author, who drew most of the photos from Imperial War Museum archives, chairs the First World War Study Center of the Netherlands. Also published in French and Dutch.
The Battle of Tanga, 1914
The Battle of Tanga, 1914 by Ross Anderson ISBN: 9780752423494
Published by Tempus on January 1st 2002
Pages: 158
Len's Summary: A British Indians Army defeat at the hands of von Lettow’s askari force.
Russian Sideshow: America’s Undeclared War, 1918-1920
Russian Sideshow: America's Undeclared War, 1918-1920 by Robert L. Willett ISBN: 9781574884296
Published by Brassey's on November 30th 2003
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: The author, writing on American armed intervention in Northern Russia and Siberia, is a retired businessman and resident of Florida, is a WFA member and spoke at our February 2001 Citadel seminar.
Race to the Front: The Materiel Foundations of Coalition Strategy in the Great War
Race to the Front: The Materiel Foundations of Coalition Strategy in the Great War by Kevin D. Stubbs ISBN: 9780275972998
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on January 1st 2002
Pages: 373
Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War
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
The Cross and the Trenches: Religious Faith and Doubt among British and American Great War Soldiers
The Cross and the Trenches: Religious Faith and Doubt among British and American Great War Soldiers by Richard Schweitzer ISBN: 9780313318382
Published by Praeger Publishers on January 1st 2003
Genres: History, Historiography, Military, World War I, Religion
Pages: 311
Westcountry Regiments on the Somme
Westcountry Regiments on the Somme by Tim Saunders ISBN: 9781844150182
Published by Casemate Publishers on November 1st 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 288
Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War
Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War by Michael S. Neiberg ISBN: 9781574886726
Published by Brassey's on October 1st 2003
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, France, World War I
Pages: 124
The Great War: An Imperial History
The Great War: An Imperial History by John Howard Morrow ISBN: 9780415204392
Published by Routledge on October 15th 2003
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: The exploitation of colonial troops in World War One.
The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II’s Role in Imperial Germany
The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II’s Role in Imperial Germany by Annika Mombauer, Wilhelm Deist ISBN: 0521824087
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 17th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, General, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, World, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 299
Len's Summary: Analyses a complex political system and a complex ruler under severe wartime stress.
Captain Staniland’s Journey: The North Midland Territorials Go to War
Captain Staniland's Journey: The North Midland Territorials Go to War by Martin Middlebrook ISBN: 0850529964
Published by Pen & Sword Books on September 1st 2003
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 224
The U-boats of World War I
The U-boats of World War I by Kelly K. Lydon ISBN: 0-9663091-0-3
on 2003
Pages: 125
Len's Summary: Dozens of excellent photos of such subjects as the GermanU-boat pens at Brugges, Belgium; details on the development of the Imperial German U-boat fleet and specifications of the several classes of early submarines,their armament including deck guns, torpedoes and mines, their manning and propulsion.
Wielding the Dagger: The MarineKorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918
Wielding the Dagger: The MarineKorps Flandern and the German War Effort, 1914-1918 by Mark D. Karau ISBN: 9780313324758
Published by Praeger on October 30th 2003
Genres: History, Europe, General, Germany, Military, World War I
Pages: 268
Len's Summary: Two divisions made up of naval reservists were formed and deployed as infantry and artillerymen on the Flanders coast in 1914. Many of them and their officers are buried at Vladslo and other German cemeteries in Belgium which we visited on our April 2003 tour of the Ypres Salient. // The little known story of a two-division-sized German submarine-destroyer and naval infantry-artillery group operating in Belgian Flanders.
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
