Keks and Fokkerstaffels by Johan Ryheul ISBN: 9781781552230
Published by Fonthill Media on January 14th 2014
Genres: History, Military, Aviation
Pages: 236
Len's Summary: A history of the first squadrons, aces and dogfights over the Western Front.
Carl Menckhoff: Reminiscenses of War and Captivity
Reminiscenses of war and captivity by Carl Menckhoff ISBN: 9781935881179
Published by Aeronaut Books on 2013
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Memoir of a 39 victory German ace.
Fokker D.VII: The Lethal Weapon
Fokker D.VII by Tomasz Kowalski ISBN: 9788362878338
Published by Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc on September 15th 2012
Genres: Crafts & Hobbies, Models, History, Military, Aviation
Pages: 168
Len's Summary: Arguably the finest pursuit aircraft of WWI.
Flights of Fancy: America’s Struggle for Air Power in the Great War
Flights of Fancy: America’s Struggle for Air Power in the Great War by Damian Lataan ISBN: B00D1MVWXS
Published by Amazon Digital Services on May 27th 2013
Pages: 74
Len's Summary: Congress appropriated $640 million for aircraft production, but American air power failed to materialize and by the end of the war only a handful of American-made aircraft had reached the front.
Iron Man: Rudolf Berthold: Germany’s Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I
Iron Man by Peter Kilduff ISBN: 9781908117373
Published by Grub Street on 2012
Genres: History, Military, Aviation
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: The life and career of a 44-kill ace.
Pfalz Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes
Aircraft of World War I by Jack Herris, Aaron Weaver, Steve Anderson, Bob Pearson, Martin Digmayer ISBN: 9781906626655
Published by Amber Books on 2010
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: A reliable German performer, the Pfalz D.III & D.XII variants were flown by several German aces.
Nachtflugzeug! German N-Types of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes
Nachtflugzeug! German N-Types of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes: 3 by Jack Herris, Aaron Weaver, Jerry Boucher, Bob Pearson ISBN: 1935881108
on January 1st 1970
Len's Summary: Night bombers over the Western Front.
German Armored Warplanes: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes
German Armored Warplanes of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes: 4 (Great War Aviation Series) by Jack Herris, Jerry Boucher, Bob Pearson ISBN: 1935881116
on January 1st 1970
Len's Summary: Wood and canvas gave way to aluminum and steel airframe construction as aircraft were increasingly employed in a ground-support role.
Gotha Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes
Gotha Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes: 6 (Great War Aviation Centennial Series) by Jack Herris, Aaron Weaver, Bob Pearson ISBN: 1935881140
on January 1st 1970
Len's Summary: The twin-engine Gotha was purpose-designed to bomb England from high altitude in the first blitz.
German’s Triplane Craze: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes
Germany's Triplane Craze by Jack Herris ISBN: 9781935881155
Published by Aeronaut Books on 2013
Pages: 102
Len's Summary: The Red Baron flew the iconic Fokker Dr.1 triplane.
Germany’s Fighter Competitions of 1918: A Centennial Perspective on the Great War Airplanes
Germany's Fighter Competitions of 1918 by Jack Herris ISBN: 1935881167
Published by Aeronaut Books on June 20th 2013
Genres: World War I, History, Aviation
Pages: 166
Len's Summary: Seeking the air-supremacy weapon.
Irish Aviators of World War I
Irish Aviators of World War I: Volume 1, Irish Aces by Joe C. Gleeson ISBN: 9781480082328
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on April 1st 2013
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Illustrated
Pages: 532
Len's Summary: The stories of Mick Mannock and many other lesser-known Irish flyers along with a taste of 20th century Irish social history.
The First World War in the Air
First World War in the Air by Phil Carradice ISBN: 9781445605128
Published by Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc on 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: An overview of the war in the air with 150 photos and artistic renderings.
German War Birds
German War Birds by Claud Walter Sykes ISBN: 9781853671647
Published by Greenhill Books on January 1st 1994
Genres: World War I, History, General, Aviation
Pages: 264
Len's Summary: Dramatic tales of air combat on the Western Front, the Middle East and Russia first published in 1933.
Airship: Design, Development and Disaster
Airship by John Swinfield ISBN: 9781591140344
Published by Naval Institute Press on 2012
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, Modern, 20th Century, Transportation, General
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Development of the rigid airship with a short section on Zeppelins.
Wings of War: An Airman’s Diary of the Last Year of the War
Wings of War by Rudolf StarkClaud W. Sykes ISBN: 9781612001876
on February 19th 2015
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation, Literary Collections, Diaries & Journals
Pages: 228
Len's Summary: The end game of the Imperial German air force first published in 1933.
Collishaw & Company: Canadians in the Royal Naval Air Service 1914 – 1918
Collishaw and Company by Joseph Allan Snowie ISBN: 9780692009895
Published by Nieuport Publishing on October 1st 2010
Pages: 294
Len's Summary: During WWI some 943 Canadians flew for the RNAS in East Africa, Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Romania, and Russia and over the Western Front, England and the North Sea.
Air and Sea Power in World War I
Air and Sea Power in World War I by Maryam Philpott ISBN: 0857721828
Published by Not Avail on May 14th 2014
Pages: 268
Len's Summary: A scholarly study of British airpower.
The German Airforce I Knew, 1914-1918
The German Airforce I Knew 1914-1918 by Georg Paul Neumann ISBN: 9781783463138
Published by Pen & Sword Books Limited on March 30th 2014
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 253
Len's Summary: Survey of the German Airforce (Luftstreitkräft) in WWI written in 1920 by a veteran of aerial combat and illustrated with drawings and photos.
Aircraft of World War I
Aircraft of World War I by Bob Pearson, Jack Herris ISBN: 9781906626655
Published by Amber Books on 2010
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Aircraft identification guide arranged chronologically by theater of war and campaign including information on the role and impact of each aircraft, orders of battle, aces and commanding officers. -- A detailed and comprehensive guide to aircraft arranged by theater. Includes orders of battle, lists of commanders and aces. Well worth the modest price for aircraft and military historians, and modelers. Available from www.casematepublishing.com
Recollections of the Great War in the Air
Recollections of the Great War in the Air by James R. McConnell ISBN: 9781781580806
on March 1st 2012
Pages: 98
Len's Summary: Memoirs of a Lafayette Escadrille pilot first published in 1917. According to WWI aviation expert Steve Suddaby, this is a “long-lost gem.” // Memoir of an American volunteer in the Lafayette Escadrille.
No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
No Parachute by Arthur Gould Lee ISBN: 9781909166042
Published by Grub Street on August 19th 2013
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Based on the wartime letters of RFC pilot Gould Lee, who later rose to become a Vice Air Marshall. // Letters from young British airmen at the front.
French Aviation during the First World War
French Aircraft in the First World War by Vital E. FerryDominique BreffortAndré Jouineau ISBN: 9782352503705
Published by Histoire & Collections on February 26th 2015
Genres: History, Military, Aviation
Pages: 196
Len's Summary: An overview of French Air Force evolution.
Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight
Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight by Roger Gunn ISBN: 9781459706606
Published by Dundurn on 2013
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-), Aviation
Pages: 270
Len's Summary: Arguably Canada‘s leading aerial ace, Callishaw started out with the Royal Naval Air Service, stayed in the RAF and rose to the rank of Air Vice Marshall commanding the Desert Air Force in North Africa during WWII. As a flight commander, Collishaw flew Sopwith Triplane named “Black Maria.”
Wind in the Wires
Wind in the Wires by Duncan Grinnell-Milne ISBN: 1909808016
Published by Grub Street on July 19th 2014
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Reprint of a classic pursuit pilot memoir.
In Flanders Fields: Passchendaele 1917
In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign by Leon Wolff ISBN: 0141390794
on January 1st 1970
Genres: World War I, Battle History, Youth-accessible
Len's Summary: Passchendaele – The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917; war at its worst.
Voices from the Great War
Voices from the Great War by Peter Vansittart ISBN: 0531098117
Published by Franklin Watts on January 1st 1984
Genres: World War I, Diplomacy and Politics, Personal Accounts, Youth-accessible
Pages: 303
Len's Summary: Tells the story of the war with an eclectic compilation of literary and political quotes, headlines, and statistics.
The Campaign of the Marne
The Campaign of the Marne by Sewell Tyng ISBN: 1594160422
Published by Westholme Publishing on April 27th 2007
Genres: World War I, Battle History, Maps
Pages: 464
Len's Summary: The opening campaign of the war in the west from the earliest action to the “Miracle of the Marne”.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman, Robert K. Massie ISBN: 0345476093
Published by Ballantine Books on August 3rd 2004
Genres: World War I, Battle History, Diplomacy and Politics
Pages: 606
Len's Summary: Covers the opening stages and the roots of the conflict; superb, but read a general history first for orientation.
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry: Revised Edition
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry: Revised Edition by Jon Silkin, Various ISBN: 0141180099
Published by Penguin Classics on May 1st 1997
Genres: World War I, Personal Accounts, Youth-accessible, Poetry
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: An extensive anthology containing the works of numerous poets of most combatant nations.
Tannenberg: Clash of Empires 1914
Tannenberg: Clash of Empires 1914 by Dennis E. Showalter ISBN: 1574887815
Published by Potomac Books on April 1st 2004
Genres: World War I, Battle History, Diplomacy and Politics
Pages: 432
Len's Summary: 1914 on the Eastern Front. Especially good on the evolution of the German-Russian rivalry.
Goshawk Squadron
Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson ISBN: 0786715952
Published by Da Capo Press on October 13th 2005
Genres: World War I, Novel, Aviation, Youth-accessible
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Exciting, myth-debunking aviation novel. // Novel by the author of Piece of Cake, published in 1971 and shortlisted for a Booker Prize. The cynical and often hilarious story of the misfortunes of an imaginary RAF pursuit squadron on the Western Front in 1918. A sort of WWI Catch 22.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, A.W. Wheen ISBN: 0449213943
Published by Ballantine on March 12th 1987
Genres: World War I, Personal Accounts, Historical Fiction
Pages: 296
Len's Summary: Classic anti-war novel which was made into a classic movie.
Gallipoli: The End of the Myth
Gallipoli: The End of the Myth by Robin Prior ISBN: 0300168942
Published by Yale University Press on December 7th 2010
Genres: World War I, Battle History
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: An important reappraisal of the 1915 campaign. // Australian historian Pryor (author of excellent books on the Somme and Passchendale) examines in detail planning of the campaign and concludes that it was doomed from the start.
Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I
Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I by Michael S. Neiberg ISBN: 067472593X
Published by Belknap Press on October 14th 2013
Genres: World War I, Diplomacy and Politics, Personal Accounts
Pages: 292
Len's Summary: A fresh look at how the outbreak of war was experienced the citizens of all the participating nations. -- Nobody wanted war, but Neiberg shows how it came to pass drawing on the writings of European and American diplomats, politicians and informed observers. The author is a winner of the WFA’s Tomlinson Book Prize.
War Horse
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo ISBN: 0439796644
Published by Scholastic Press on September 1st 2010
Genres: World War I, Historical Fiction, Illustrated, Youth-accessible
Pages: 176
Len's Summary: The terror of war from the point of view of a horse drafted into service.
The First Day on the Somme
The First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook ISBN: 1844154653
Published by Pen & Sword Books on March 1st 2003
Genres: World War I, Diplomacy and Politics, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 365
Len's Summary: Ground-breaking work that shows the human tragedy of the disastrous attack of the British Army on July 1, 1916.
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie ISBN: 0345438310
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks on February 1st 2000
Genres: Diplomacy and Politics, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 640
Len's Summary: Highly readable account of the fall of the Romanov dynasty.
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan, Richard Holbrooke ISBN: 0375760520
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks on September 9th 2003
Genres: World War I, Diplomacy and Politics, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 570
Len's Summary: A thorough, scholarly analysis of what transpired at the Paris peace conference.
The Price of Glory
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 by Alistair Horne ISBN: 0140170413
Published by Penguin Books on January 1st 1994
Genres: World War I, Battle History
Pages: 388
Len's Summary: Epic French-German battle at Verdun in 1916; remarkable for a single volume study of a battle or campaign.
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
