First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power by Warren Zimmermann ISBN: 9780374179397
on 2002
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Reference, History, Military, United States, 19th Century
Pages: 562
Len's Summary: The author was a Foreign Service officer, our last Ambassador to Yugoslavia. He passed away in 2003. Zimmermann analyses America’s emergence onto the world stage through the careers of five friends and political allies: Theodore Roosevelt, John Hay, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge. All but Mahan (a naval officer) were involved in national politics. the firm basis for the internationally activist administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and their successors that marked the American Century. Stongly Recommended.
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.
Anthem for Doomed Youth: Twelve Soldier Poets of the First World War
Anthem for Doomed Youth: Twelve Soldier Poets of the First World War by Jon Stallworthy ISBN: 1841196355
Published by Constable on December 31st 2002
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Literary, Literary Criticism, Poetry
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: Scrutinizes the lives of a dozen Great War poets.
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.
Command and Cohesion: The Citizen Soldier and Minor Tactics in the British Army, 1870-1918
Command and Cohesion: The Citizen Soldier and Minor Tactics in the British Army, 1870-1918 by Michael Ramsay on March 30th 2002
Pages: 264
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.
“Investigate Everything”: Federal Efforts to Ensure Black Loyalty During World War I
"Investigate Everything": Federal Efforts to Ensure Black Loyalty During World War I by Theodore Kornweibel Jr. ISBN: 9780253340092
Published by Indiana University Press on 2002
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 323
Len's Summary: By the author of Seeing Red (Indiana 1998) about Federal efforts to curb Black militancy 1919-1925 in the wake of the post-war Red Scare.
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.
The New World Power: American Foreign Policy, 1898-1917
The New World Power: American Foreign Policy, 1898-1917 by Robert E. Hannigan ISBN: 9780812236668
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press on November 27th 2002
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 365
Len's Summary: A survey and analysis of America’s increasing involvement in world affairs through four administrations in two the decades beginning with the Spanish American War and ending with the declaration of war against Imperial Germany in 1917. This is an era often ignored by today’s diplomatic historians. Editor-in-Chief Len Shurtleff will review this monograph for Stand To!
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 World War I Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for all the Combatants
The World War I Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for all the Combatants by John Ellis, Michael Cox ISBN: 1854107666
Published by Aurum Press on October 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, General
Pages: 324
Len's Summary: The orders of battle, maps, weapons, manpower, commanders and much more. Some errors, but overall a very valuable research tool. Update of a 1993 work.
The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S. – Soviet Relations
The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S. - Soviet Relations by Donald E. Davis, Eugene P. Trani ISBN: 082621388X
Published by University of Missouri on August 26th 2002
Pages: 360
Len's Summary: An important new study of American-Russian relations during the Wilson administration with an introduction by my former boss, Larry Eagleburger. Trani is best known for his study of the Harding administration.
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.
British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914-1941
British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914-1941 by Anthony Best ISBN: 9780333945513
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on October 11th 2002
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Well- founded suspicions of Japanese expansionist intentions traced back to WWI.
Freeing the Baltic
Freeing the Baltic by Geoffrey Bennett ISBN: 9781843410010
Published by Birlinn on August 2002
Genres: History, Europe, Baltic States, Great Britain, Military, General, Naval
Pages: 263
Len's Summary: The Royal Navy moves into the Baltic following the Armistice of November 11, 1918 to confront Editor-in-Chief Lenin.
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.
The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue
The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue by John Griffith Armstrong ISBN: 9780774808903
Published by UBC Press on May 1st 2002
Genres: History, Canada, General, Military, Naval
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: The story of a massive explosion of a French Lines munitions ship in 1917 that leveled the northern half of the city, killing 1,600 people.
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
Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919 -1939: Grand Strategy and Failure
Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919 -1939: Grand Strategy and Failure by Donald Stoker ISBN: 9780415646192
Published by Routledge on July 21st 2004
Pages: 256
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
Dream Of Civilized Warfare: World War 1 Flying Aces and the American Imagination
Dream Of Civilized Warfare: World War 1 Flying Aces and the American Imagination by Linda R. Robertson ISBN: 0816642702
Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press on October 8th 2003
Pages: 502
Len's Summary: First published as a hard cover in 2003, this book looks at the earliest development of a new weapon and traces the origins of America's yearning to wage war without risking soldiers' lives.
Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War
Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War by Tammy M. Proctor ISBN: 0814766935
Published by New York University Press on June 1st 2003
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Mata Hari and much, much more of relevance at a time when 30% of new CIA case officers are females.
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.
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
