Cheshire Bantams: 15th, 16th and 17th Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment by Stephen McGreal ISBN: 1844155242
Published by Pen & Sword Military on October 1st 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: The story of battalions formed from diminutive (five-foot tall) volunteers.
Prisoners of War in British Hands During WWI: A Study of Their History, the Camps and Their Mails
Prisoners of War in British Hands During WWI: A Study of Their History, the Camps and Their Mails by Graham Mark ISBN: 0853770298
on October 2007
Pages: 266
Len's Summary: $70 hardcover available from Philatelic Bibliopole, Box 36006, Louisville, KY 40233-6006 e-mail Leonard@pbbooks.net or go to www.pbbooks.com, or buy it from www.amazon.co.uk for £26.99. For stamp collectors.
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.
Smoke and Mirrors: Q-ships Against the U-boats in the First World War
Smoke and Mirrors: Q-Ships against the U-Boats in the First World War by Deborah Lake ISBN: 0750946059
Published by Sutton Publishing on May 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, Naval, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The story of Britain’s controversial effort to sink German submarines by deploying heavily-armed merchant vessels with RN crews. The author has also written on the Zeebrugge Raid under the pseudonym of David Lomas.
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.
Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War
Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War by Alan Kramer ISBN: 0192803425
Published by Oxford University Press on July 26th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, World
Pages: 434
Len's Summary: Explores how the total warfare of The Great War changed European society and culture. Not a pretty picture. The author is winner of the WFA Tomlinson Book Prize for his monograph on German conduct in Belgium, German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial, co-authored with John Horne. Kramer teaches at Trinity University, Dublin.
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.
The Diary of a Dead Officer: Being the Posthumous Papers of Arthur Graeme West
The Diary of a Dead Officer: Being the Posthumous Papers of Arthur Graeme West by Arthur Graeme West, Nigel Jones ISBN: 1853677299
Published by Greenhill Books on June 1st 2007
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: A young English scholar enlists in a rush of enthusiasm in 1915, becomes an officer, and then bitterly disillusioned with army life. First published in 1917, this work includes a number of West’s poems.
A Thousand Miles of Battles
A Thousand Miles of Battles by Ian Jones ISBN: 9780975712382
Published by Australian War Memorial on 2007
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: Published to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the charge at Beersheba; an account of the campaigns of the legendary Australian Light Horse from Gallipoli, to the deserts of Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and the Western Front. Order from http://tinyurl.com/5gf936 or http://cas.awm.gov.au.
The Retreat: Mons to the Marne, 1914
Riding the Retreat: Mons to the Marne, 1914 by Richard Holmes ISBN: 1845951093
Published by Pimlico on March 1st 2007
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: New edition of book blending military history, personal testimonies and a recounting the author’s ride along the route taken by the retreating BEF in the summer of 1914. Available in April 2007 from Amazom.com. Holmes is a widely published historian and reserve Brigadier in the British Army.
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.
The Winter of the World: The Poems of the First World War
The Winter of the World: The Poems of the First World War by Dominic Hibberd, John Onions ISBN: 1845295153
Published by Constable on March 28th 2008
Pages: 362
Len's Summary: An extensive anthology of over 200 poems from both well known and obscure poets of the era.
Britain’s Greatest Aircraft
Britain's Greatest Aircraft by Robert Jackson ISBN: 1844156001
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 1st 2008
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: Describes the design history, development and operational careers of 22 legendary military and civil aircraft starting with the WWI era.
The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War
The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War by Steve Hurst ISBN: 1844155102
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 303
Len's Summary: Another in a long series of BEF battalion histories from Pen & Sword.
Dark Journey: Three Key New Zealand Battles of the Western Front
Dark Journey: Three Key New Zealand Battles of the Western Front by Glyn Harper ISBN: 1869505794
Published by HarperCollins (New Zealand) on January 1st 2008
Pages: 544
Len's Summary: Combines first-hand accounts with a cogent overview of the New Zealand division’s 1917-18 actions at Passchendale, Second Somme (Amiens) and Bapaume.
Publishing in the First World War: Essays in Book History
Publishing in the First World War: Essays in Book History by Mary Hammond, Shafquat Towheed ISBN: 0230500765
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on June 15th 2007
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: Twelve essays explore changes in British publishing practices wrought by WWI.
Through the Dark Night: The War Diary of the Master of Belhaven, Royal Artillery 1914-1918
Through the Dark Night: The War Diary of the Master of Belhaven, Royal Artillery 1914-1918 by Ralph Hamilton ISBN: 1874622833
on April 2007
Pages: 312
Len's Summary: Complete diary entries of a career officer supplemented by sketch maps.
Baptism Of Fire
Baptism Of Fire by Nathan M Greenfield ISBN: 0002007274
Published by Harper Collins on October 4th 2007
Pages: 480
Len's Summary: Examination of the untried Canadian First Division’s first engagement, the Second Battle of Ypres, 1915, with particular focus on the earliest major use of gas on the Western Front. Draws on the testimony of soldiers on both sides.
The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance and Medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914-1940
The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance and Medievalism in Britain and Germany, 1914-1940 by Stefan Goebel ISBN: 0521123062
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 12th 2009
Pages: 357
Len's Summary: The author believes that people in Britain and Germany grappled with the horrors of industrialized war by arranging the sacrifices of its victims on a historical continuum stretching back to and emphasizing the Middle Ages. // A comparative history of the cultural impact of war.
Les Américains à Issoudun : Histoire du 3e centre d’instruction de l’aviation des Etats-Unis entre 1917 et 1919
Les Américains à Issoudun : Histoire du 3e centre d'instruction de l'aviation des Etats-Unis entre 1917 et 1919 by Bernard Gagnepain Published by Editions Alan Sutton on 2007
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: For those who read French this is an excellent memorial to the hundreds of AEF pilots trained at Issoudun. It includes biographies of many of the better-known graduates.
The Red Baron’s Last Flight: An In-Depth Investigation into what Really Happened on the Day Von Richthofen was Shot Down
The Red Baron's Last Flight: An In-Depth Investigation into what Really Happened on the Day Von Richthofen was Shot Down by Norman Franks, Alan Bennett ISBN: 1904943330
Published by Grub Street on February 1st 2007
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: Franks is a premier historian of WWI aviation, but even he can’t settle this never-ending argument.
Julius Buckler: “Malaula” the Battle Cry of Jasta 17
Julius Buckler: “Malaula” the Battle Cry of Jasta 17 by Julius Buckler, Norman Franks ISBN: 1904943802
Published by Grub Street on September 1st 2007
Pages: 190
Len's Summary: First published in Germany in 1939 this is the story of a German 36-victory ace and his mates.
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.
Das Begleitbuch zu Ernst Jünger: ‘In Stahlgewittern’
Das Begleitbuch zu Ernst Jünger: 'In Stahlgewittern' by Nils Fabiansson ISBN: 9783813208887
Published by E.S. Mittler on 2007
Pages: 158
Len's Summary: A reader’s companion and battlefield guide to Ernst Jünger’s Storm of Steel (1920).
The Silent General: Horne of the First Army, a Biography of Haig’s Trusted Great War Comrade in Arms
The Silent General: Horne of the First Army, a Biography of Haig’s Trusted Great War Comrade in Arms by Don Farr ISBN: 9781874622994
Published by Helion & Company Limited on January 1st 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I
Pages: 319
Len's Summary: Biography of a long overlooked British army commander Henry Sinclair Horne.
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A Comparative Study
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A Comparative Study by Edward J Erickson ISBN: 9781135984564
Published by Routledge on March 12th 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: By a Turkish-speaking expert on the Ottoman army who served in Turkey during his U.S. Army career. Colonel Erickson makes the case for an army of unusual skill and cohesiveness even in defeat. The author has spoken at several GWS and WFA seminars.
Underground Battlefields: Uncovering the Mines and Tunnels of Vimy and Beaumont Hamel
Underground Battlefields: Uncovering the Mines and Tunnels of Vimy and Beaumont Hamel by Mike Dolamore ISBN: 1844154866
Published by Pen & Sword Books on April 1st 2007
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The work of the Durand Group exploring surviving mines and tunnels along what was the Western Front.
The War from Within: German Women in the First World War
The War from Within: German Women in the First World War by Ute Daniel, Jay Winter, Margaret Ries ISBN: 085496892X
Published by Berg Publishers on November 1st 1997
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Military, World War I, Social Science, Women's Studies
Pages: 343
Len's Summary: Examination of the roles of working class women in Germany during WWI.
New Zealand’s Great War: New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War
New Zealand's Great War: New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War by John Crawford ISBN: 0908988850
Published by Exisle Publishing on August 15th 2015
Pages: 704
Len's Summary: Consists of 32 scholarly papers given at the Zealandia’s Great War conference in Wellington, November 2003. For more on New Zealand in WWI, go to www.bn.com.
The Russian Army in the Great War: The Eastern Front, 1914-1917
The Russian Army in the Great War: The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 by David R. Stone ISBN: 0700620958
Published by University Press of Kansas on April 10th 2015
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: Out of print; check used booksellers.
At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1914-1918
At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1914-1918 by Tim Cook ISBN: 0143055925
Published by Penguin Canada on September 29th 2009
Pages: 608
Len's Summary: Winner of the 2007 J. W. Dafoe Prize for Canadian non-fiction. First of a two-volume study by a premier military historian.
Imagining the Unimaginable: World War, Modern Art, and the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917
Imagining the Unimaginable: World War, Modern Art, and the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917 by Aaron J. Cohen ISBN: 0803215479
Published by University of Nebraska Press on June 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Art, Military, World War I
Pages: 246
Len's Summary: The experience of artists set against developments in mass culture and the press among the broader trends in war-torn Russian society and politics leading to revolution in 1917.
The Lost Battalion and the Meuse-Argonne, 1918
The Lost Battalion and the Meuse-Argonne, 1918 by Micheal Clodfelter ISBN: 0786469080
Published by McFarland & Company on December 4th 2006
Pages: 246
Len's Summary: Looks at the Meuse-Argonne battles with emphasis on the “Lost Battalion” of the 77th Division.
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.
Happy Odyssey
Happy Odyssey by Adrian Carton De Wiart ISBN: 1844155390
Published by Pen & Sword Books on November 1st 2007
Pages: 287
Len's Summary: An autobiography by the highly decorated WWI officer who was the model for Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honor trilogy.
Larousse de la Grande Guerre
Larousse de la Grande Guerre by Anne Duménil, Bruno Cabanes ISBN: 2286035091
Published by Larousse on 2007
Pages: 480
Len's Summary: A superbly illustrated coffee table-size book in French summarizing all major aspects of war on the Western Front, and other fronts, as well. Contains an interesting chapter on Belgian collaborators and another on medical advances.
Passchendaele 1917: The Story of the Fallen and Tyne Cot Cemetry
Passchendaele 1917: The Story of the Fallen and Tyne Cot Cemetry by Frank Bostyn ISBN: 1844156931
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 21st 2007
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Available on line from www.pen-and-sword.co.uk. This is one of several new and reprinted works brought out by Pen & Sword in time for the 90th anniversary of Third Ypres — Passchendeale. Other titles include Passchendaele: The Hollow Victory by Martin Marix Evans, Passchendaele in Perspective by Peter Liddle, and Passchendaele by Phillip Warner.
Images of War: The German Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918
Images of War: The German Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918 by David Bilton ISBN: 1844155021
on March 22nd 2007
Pages: 176
Len's Summary: Focuses on the withdrawal from the Somme in early 1917 through the Kaiser’s Battle of spring 1918. Text summaries action on the Western Front as home front morale in Germany collapsed during the final two years of the war.
Passchendaele
Passchendaele by Peter Barton ISBN: 184529422X
Published by Constable on November 5th 2007
Pages: 468
Len's Summary: Third volume in an ongoing project to recover and publish previously unseen WWI battlefield panoramas and aerial photographs. Also contains unpublished memoirs and letters of the combatants.
Victory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917
Victory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917 by Ted Barris ISBN: 9780887622533
Published by Dundurn on February 10th 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-)
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: Another work commemorating the 1917 battle. Available from Amazon.com.
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
