Great War on the Western Front: A Short History by Paddy Griffith ISBN: 9781844157648
on June 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: A short introduction to the conflict from a fine British historian available from www.casmatepublishing.com.
Brushes and Bayonets: Cartoons, Sketches and Paintings of World War I
Brushes and Bayonets: Cartoons, Sketches and Paintings of World War I by Lucinda Gosling ISBN: 9781846030956
Published by Osprey Publishing on April 22nd 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Art, General, Comic Strips & Cartoons
Pages: 200
Len's Summary: Collection of 250 WWI illustrations taken from the archives of the London Daily News.
A Strange and Formidable Weapon: British Responses to World War I Poison Gas
A Strange and Formidable Weapon: British Responses to World War I Poison Gas by Marion Girard ISBN: 9780803222236
Published by University of Nebraska Press on June 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, Weapons, World War I, Social History
Pages: 279
Len's Summary: This is a social history. Although most Britons considered poison gas an abominable weapon, many eventually condoned its use as necessary for victory. The author teaches at the University of New Hampshire.
The Routledge Atlas of the First World War
The Routledge Atlas of the First World War by Martin Gilbert ISBN: 9780415460378
Published by Routledge on October 29th 2008
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, World, Reference
Pages: 173
Len's Summary: New edition of a fine atlas.
Democracy’s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent by Ernest Freeberg ISBN: 9780674057203
Published by Harvard University Press on May 31st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, Civil Rights
Pages: 380
Len's Summary: This is the story of an early 20th century conflict between the perceived demands of national security and the constitutional guarantee of free speech that led to the creation of the American Civil Liberties Union. Railway labor leader and five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate, Eugene Debs (1855-1926) is forgotten today, but won nearly a million popular votes in 1912 and 1920. Debs ran for President in 1920 from a jail cell convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act cell because of his outspoken opposition to American entry into WWI. He was pardoned in 1921 by President Warren G. Harding. The author teaches at the University of Tennessee.
The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I
The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I by Nancy Gentile Ford ISBN: 0275981991
Published by Praeger Security International on February 28th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 20th Century
Pages: 191
Len's Summary: Starting with the preparedness movement, Ms. Ford traces civil-military relations in America through the draft and training of citizen soldiers, mobilization of public opinion and suppression of dissent, the application of science and technology through demobilization and reemployment starting in 1919. Documents include the Sedition Act of 1918. The author also wrote Americans All: Foreign Born soldiers in World War I (Greenwood 2001).
The Question of MacArthur’s Reputation: Côte De Châtillon, October 14-16, 1918
The Question of MacArthur's Reputation: Côte De Châtillon, October 14-16, 1918 by Robert H. Ferrell ISBN: 9780826218308
Published by University of Missouri Press on November 30th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Pages: 111
Len's Summary: Army records indicate that MacArthur’s subordinates deserve most of the credit for this successful Meuse-Argonne action for which MacArthur was nominated for the Medal of Honor. By the prolific author of Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion in World War I (Missouri, 2005) and many other WWI histories. Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal November 25, 2008.
In Search of the Zeppelin War: The Archeology of the First Blitz
In Search of the Zeppelin War: The Archaeology of the First Blitz by Neil Faulkner, Nadia Durrani ISBN: 0752441825
Published by The History Press on November 1st 2008
Genres: History, Ancient, General, Military, World War I, Aviation, Social Science, Archaeology
Pages: 176
Len's Summary: Technical details and other information on the German Zeppelin attacks against Great Britain.
Mons, 1914-1918: The Beginning and the End
Mons, 1914-1918: The Beginning and the End by Don Farr ISBN: 9781906033286
Published by Helion & Company on December 23rd 2008
Pages: 233
Len's Summary: A four-year catastrophe in and around a Flemish cloth town. // Describes the catastrophic events that took place at Mons in 1914 and again in 1918.
John Masefield’s Great War – Collected Works
John Masefield’s Great War – Collected Works by Philip Errington, John Masefield ISBN: 1844156508
Published by Pen & Sword Books on January 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 319
Len's Summary: Collected shorter pieces by Britain’s Poet Laureate who also penned books on Gallipoli, The Old Front Line, War and the Future, and the Somme.
Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet
Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet by Michael Epkenhans ISBN: 9781574887327
Published by Potomac Books on March 30th 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, Germany, World War I, Naval
Pages: 107
Len's Summary: A biography of Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) whose long career took him from naval command to the postwar Reichstag.
We Will Not Fight…: The Untold Story of World War Ones Conscientious Objectors
We Will Not Fight...: The Untold Story of World War Ones Conscientious Objectors by Will Ellsworth-Jones ISBN: 1845133005
Published by Aurum on 2008
Pages: 296
Len's Summary: The story of England’s conscientious objectors, many of whom were jailed for refusing to serve in the armed forces.
The Brusilov Offensive
The Brusilov Offensive by Timothy C. Dowling ISBN: 9780253351302
Published by Indiana University Press on June 18th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Eastern, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: The Brusilov Offensive of June 1916 rolled back massive German gains of 1915, brought Romania into the war extinguishing once and for all the offensive capabilities of the Austro-Hungarian Army forcing Vienna into political and military subservience to Berlin. A skillful analysis and welcome addition to the short Eastern Front bookshelf.
1917: Tactics, Training and Technology
1917: Tactics, Training and Technology by Jeffrey Grey, Peter Dennis ISBN: 978 0 9803 7967 9
Published by Loftus Australia on February 2008
Len's Summary: Collection of 11 essays based on papers presented at the 2007 Australian Chief of Army’s Military History Conference in 2007. Contributors include Robin Prior, Gary Sheffield, Dan Todman, Tim Cook and Andrew Wiest, Robert Doughty and Michael Neiberg. // An anthology focusing mainly but not exclusively on the BEF. Favorably reviewed by Bruce Gudmundsson in The Journal of Military History.
World War One: Five Continents in Flanders
World War One: Five Continents in Flanders by Dominiek Dendooven, Piet Chielens ISBN: 902097727X
on 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: A book about the various foreign armies fighting in Flanders arising from an exhibition at the Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres.
The Devil’s Own War: The Diary of Herbert Hart – Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they happened
The Devil's Own War: The Diary of Herbert Hart - Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they happened by John Crawford ISBN: 0908988222
Published by Exisle Publishing on March 15th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Australia & New Zealand
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Wairarapa lawyer Hart jointed the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a Major in 1914 rising to brigade command after serving as a battalion CO at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. After the war he was knighted and served as Administrator of Western Samoa.
Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War, 1917-1918
Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War, 1917-1918 by Tim Cook ISBN: 9780143055938
on September 29th 2009
Pages: 736
Len's Summary: Continues the story of the Canadian Corps on the Western Front begun in The Sharp End (Viking Canada 2007) through the battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Passchendaele. The author is historian at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919
World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919 by Ross F. Collins ISBN: 9780313320828
Published by ABC-CLIO on 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 411
Len's Summary: Anthology of American magazine and newspaper excerpts with explanatory text dealing with contemporary war issues. In the days before radio, TV and public opinion polls, the print media was both the primary reflector and molder of public opinion. This book highlights both the propaganda campaign that accompanied the war and the challenges faced by German Americans as their adopted nation was drawn into the conflict.
Battle Cruiser HMS Renown, 1916-1948
Battle Cruiser HMS Renown, 1916-1948 by Peter C. Smith, Maurice Cocker ISBN: 978 1 84415 733 4
on October 31st 2008
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: A famous ship which joined the Grand Fleet in 1916 and fought in WWII.
Anzac: The Landing at Gallipoli
Anzac: The Landing at Gallipoli by Stephen Chambers ISBN: 1844157229
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Detailed account of the April 15, 1915 landings.
Le Cateau
Le Cateau by Nigel Cave ISBN: 9780850528428
Published by Leo Cooper on March 2008
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The second major action fought by the BFE in 1914 examined by two experienced WWI historians.
Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen
Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen by Christopher Capozzola ISBN: 0199734798
Published by Oxford University Press on April 12th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Law, Legal History, Political Science
Pages: 334
Len's Summary: America turns over unprecedented power to the Federal Government creating a new American state and a new citizen. One of a series of recent social and political histories reexamining the American home front society and politics in WWI. The author is Associate Professor of History at MIT.
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.
Band of Brigands: The First Men in Tanks
Band of Brigands: The First Men in Tanks by Christy Campbell ISBN: 9780007214600
Published by Harper Perennial on September 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 479
Len's Summary: A new history of the creation of the Royal Tank Corps.
The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot
The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot by Christopher M. Burgess ISBN: 1844157415
on November 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Aviation
Len's Summary: The war of 65 Squadron RFC pilot Guy Mainwaring Knocker written by his grandson drawing on his letters and diaries.
An Officer’s Manual of the Western Front, 1914-1918
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Stephen Bull ISBN: 9781844860722
Published by Conway on September 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: A compendium of 30 whole manuals and shorter extracts.
Answering the Call: The U. S. Army Nurse Corps, 1917-1919: A Commemorative Tribute to Military Nursing in World War I
Answering the Call: The U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1917-1919: A Commemorative Tribute to Military Nursing in World War I by Lisa M. Budreau, Richard M. Prior ISBN: 0160817242
Published by United States Department of Defense on November 10th 2008
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Medical, Nursing, Emergency
Pages: 254
Len's Summary: The author is a research historian in the Army Office of Medical History.
Petain: Verdun to Vichy
Petain: Verdun to Vichy by Robert Bowman Bruce ISBN: 1574885987
Published by Potomac Books on September 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, France, World War I, World War II
Pages: 150
Len's Summary: A short biography by the winner of the WFA 2004 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Book Prize.
The Daily Telegraph – Dictionary of Tommies’ Song and Slang 1914-18
The Daily Telegraph - Dictionary of Tommies' Song and Slang 1914-18 by John Brophy, Eric Partridge, Malcom Brown ISBN: 1844157105
on February 1st 2008
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Each song is accompanied by a brief explanation of its origins and variations. There is also a large glossary of soldier slang.
Flanders Fields
Flanders Fields by Stefan Boness ISBN: 9783939181156
Published by Verlag für Bildschöne Bücher on October 2008
Pages: 105
Len's Summary: Contemporary photos of the remains of World War One in the Ypres Salient, Belgium taken by the author. Distributed internationally by Idea Books.
The Unquiet Western Front: Britain’s Role in Literature and History
The Unquiet Western Front: Britain's Role in Literature and History by Brian Bond ISBN: 9780521036412
Published by Cambridge University Press on April 30th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, General, Social Science, Media Studies, Literary Criticism, Social History, Military, World War I
Pages: 140
Len's Summary: First published in 2002, this is a critique of the anti-war culture that pervades writing and teaching The Great War. Favorably reviewed by History Today as a bid to rescue WWI history from popular myth.
The Germans at Arras
The Germans at Arras by David Bilton ISBN: 9781844157686
Published by Pen & Sword Military on 2008
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: German photographs of the Arras region in 1917.
The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended
The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended by Nicholas Best ISBN: 9781586486402
Published by Public Affairs on October 13th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Reactions of war survivors, many of whom went on to success after the conflict.
Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands
Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands by Michael B. Barrett ISBN: 9780253349699
Published by Indiana University Press on February 19th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Baltic States, Germany, Military, World War I
Pages: 298
Len's Summary: This Eastern Front battle featured action between German dreadnoughts and a Russian battleship, the use of aircraft and zeppelins, and the most successful amphibious landing of WWI on the islands of Dago, Osel and Moon at the head of the Gulf of Riga. A History Book Club selection. The author teaches at The Citadel and spoke at our 2006 WFA seminar in Tampa.
Casualty Figures: How Five Men Survived the First World War
Casualty Figures: How Five Men Survived the First World War by Michèle Barrett ISBN: 1844672301
Published by Verso on April 17th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Veterans, Psychology, Psychopathology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Pages: 174
Len's Summary: An account of the psychological havoc of war inflicted on five British soldiers.
Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain’s Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918
Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918 by James Barr ISBN: 9780393335279
on July 6th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Middle East, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 382
Len's Summary: Barr makes the point that the British were no more duplicitous that the Arabs, many of whose leaders (Hussein for example) maintained open lines of communications to the Turks up to the end of the war. Absent a unified Arab national movement, the British and French — the author argues — had no choice but to assume responsibility for the former Ottoman provinces.
Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry, 1880 – 1918
Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry, 1880 - 1918 by Stephen Badsey ISBN: 9780754664673
Published by Ashgate Publishing on January 1st 2008
Pages: 360
Len's Summary: A scholarly analysis of the development of successful doctrine for horsed soldiers in the face of increasing firepower.
A Shattered Peace: Versailles and the Peace We Pay Today
A Shattered Peace: Versailles and the Peace We Pay Today by David A. Andelman, Henry Kissinger ISBN: 1620459914
Published by Wiley on July 1st 2014
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: One of a recent series of popular pot boiler journalistic-style histories blaming most of world’s troubles on the Versailles Treaty. // An analysis linking current day international political woes to the Versailles treaty.
Kitchener’s Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War
Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War by Henry Allingham, Dennis Goodwin, HRH Prince Charles ISBN: 1845964160
Published by Mainstream Publishing on October 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Military, General, World War I, Political
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Alingham served on land, at sea at Jutland and in the air with the Royal Naval Air Service.
The Ottoman Road to War in 1914: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War
The Ottoman Road to War in 1914: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War by Mustafa Aksakal ISBN: 9780521175258
Published by Cambridge University Press on December 9th 2010
Genres: History, Europe, General, Middle East, Military, World War I, World
Pages: 234
Len's Summary: A revisionist history of Ottoman “Young Turk” politics and policies leading to belligerency on the side of Germany.
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
