Healing the Nation: Soldiers and the Culture of Caregiving in Britain during the Great War by Jeffrey S. Reznick ISBN: 0719069750
Published by Manchester University Press on December 15th 2011
Genres: Great Britain, Medical
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Treatment, rehabilitation and recovery of wounded soldiers in the WWI Britain.
Jamaican volunteers in the First World War: Race, masculinity and the development of national consciousness
Jamaican volunteers in the First World War: Race, masculinity and the development of national consciousness by Richard Smith ISBN: 0719069866
Published by Manchester University Press on March 15th 2010
Genres: Military, Social Science
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Scholarly examination of the experiences of West Indian soldiers in WWI and the war's impact on growth of nationalism and the pro-independence movement in Jamaica. Readers will recall that West Indian troops -- unlike French colonial troops -- were employed exclusively as laborers, not riflemen, on the Western Front.
Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale
Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale by Timothy Bowman ISBN: 9780719062858
Published by Manchester University Press on February 6th 2006
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, Military, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 256
British civilian internees in Germany: The Ruhleben camp, 1914-1918
British civilian internees in Germany: The Ruhleben camp, 1914-1918 by Matthew Stibbe ISBN: 9780719070853
Published by Manchester University Press on September 30th 2008
Genres: Civilians in war, Prisoners of war, History, General, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Military, World War I, World War II, Social Science, Sociology, Penology
Pages: 210
Len's Summary: Germany’s largest WWI internment camp for enemy aliens.
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.
John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War
John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War by Jeffrey S. Reznick ISBN: 9780719077920
Published by Manchester University Press on March 15th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War II, Biography & Autobiography, Literary, Social Science, People with Disabilities
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: The winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize and author of The Forsyte Saga writes about the care of soldiers disabled by war wounds both physical and psychological. Available in the US in 2010, or immediately from Amazon.co.uk.
On the Far Western Front: Britain’s First World War in South America
On the Far Western Front: Britain’s First World War in South America by Phillip A. Dehne ISBN: 9780719080050
Published by Manchester University Press on March 15th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Great Britain, Germany, Essays
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Economic warfare; an analysis of largely successful British efforts to stifle German trade with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay during WWI. Available in the US from Palgrave Macmillan.
British Military Service Tribunals, 1916-18: ‘A Very Much Abused Body of Men’
British Military Service Tribunals, 1916-18: 'A Very Much Abused Body of Men' by James McDermott ISBN: 9780719084775
Published by Manchester University Press on August 15th 2011
Genres: Great Britain, Military, Other
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: A reexamination of the checkered record of tribunals created following enactment (for the first time in British history) of conscription to adjudicate individual appeals for exemption.
The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War
The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War by Rachel Duffett ISBN: 9780719099878
Published by Manchester University Press on November 1st 2015
Genres: Military, World War I
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Impressive scholarly examination of the significance of food in maintaining troop morale and physical fighting capacity on the Western Front.
Prisoners of Britain: German Civilian and Combatant Internees During the First World War
Prisoners of Britain: German Civilian and Combatant Internees During the First World War by Panikos Panayi ISBN: 9780719078347
Published by Manchester University Press on February 5th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: By the end of the war, Britain held prisoner an unprecedented number of POWs and enemy aliens: over half a million worldwide including some 160,000 at one camp on the Isle of Man.
Len Shurtleff
Good-bye to All That: Len Shurtleff Goes West
Ambassador Shurtleff, a retired American Foreign Service officer who served as President of The World War One Historical Association and as a past President of The Western Front Association – U S Branch, passed away on January 22, 2014. The searchable version of Len’s Bookshelf was created and will be maintained in his honor.
