A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 by G. J. Meyer ISBN: 0553382403
Published by Delacorte Press on May 29th 2007
Pages: 816
Len's Summary: A general overview first published in 2006 new in a Delta trade paperback that breaks no new ground. // A survey history advertised as challenging conventional wisdom while reexamining some of the misconceptions about the conflict. The Publishers Weekly review finds that the author presents "no original analysis or synthesis."
The Good Soldier: A Biography of Douglas Haig
The Good Soldier: A Biography of Douglas Haig by Gary Mead ISBN: 1843542803
Published by Atlantic Books on November 8th 2007
Pages: 608
Len's Summary: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1843542803/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1843542803&linkCode=as2&tag=worlwaroneh0a-20&linkId=4EELSZYVXBWWNG4O
The Sanusi’s Little War: The Amazing Story of a Forgotten Conflict in the Western Desert, 1915-1917
The Sanusi's Little War: The Amazing Story of a Forgotten Conflict in the Western Desert, 1915-1917 by Russell McGuirk ISBN: 0954479270
on December 1st 2007
Genres: History, Africa, North, Military, World War I
Pages: 332
Len's Summary: Religious warriors of Libya who fought the occupying Italians for two decades following the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12. With Turkish backing the warriors led by Ahamad al-Sharif, the charismatic Grand Sanusi, raided into Egypt and French Sudan.
An Airman’s Wife: A True Story of Lovers Separated by War
An Airman’s Wife: A True Story of Lovers Separated by War by Aimée McHardy ISBN: 1904943942
Published by Grub Street on October 1st 2007
Pages: 315
Len's Summary: The correspondence of Aimée McHardy and Captain William Bond.
Cheshire Bantams: 15th, 16th and 17th Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment
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.
Conservative Party and Anglo-German Relations, 1905-1914
Conservative Party and Anglo-German Relations, 1905-1914 by Frank McDonough ISBN: 9780230517110
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on June 15th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Germany
Pages: 184
Len's Summary: A scholarly corrective to the traditional depiction of the Conservatives as “scaremongers” and the chief source of anti-German views in the pre-war period.
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.
Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914
Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914 by Jeff Lipkes ISBN: 9789058675965
Published by Leuven University Press on October 1st 2007
Pages: 815
Len's Summary: A revisionist historian looks at German looting, arson and executions of Belgian civilians asserting that these were neither figments of Entente propaganda, nor simply results of collective paranoia (fear of franc tireurs), but rather part of a deliberate campaign of terrorism ordered by military authorities. The author is a Princeton Ph.D. Another in a lengthening series of books examining German military government and occupation policies in World War One. // Detailed narrative of the German invasion of Belgium and the violence against civilians that accompanied it. See also German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial winner of the Tomlinson Prize for 2002.
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.
Gertrude Bell Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
Gertrude Bell Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell ISBN: 0374531358
Published by Sarah Crichton Books on April 29th 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical
Pages: 512
Len's Summary: Biography of a British “Arabist,” a contemporary of T. E. Lawrence who also worked with British intelligence in Cairo during WWI and lived after the war in Baghdad, her favorite city. A History Book Club selection for 2007. Favorably reviewed in the June 2007 Atlantic. This is the women who outlined Iraq’s borders and drafted its first constitution. See also Desert Queen, Janet Wallach, Doubleday, 1996, now in paperback from Knopf, 464 pages, ISBN 1 40009 619 7, $15.95.
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.
A Zouave’s Journey: Recollections of a Footsoldier in the 37th African Division
A Zouave's Journey: Recollections of a Footsoldier in the 37th African Division by Marilène Patten Henry ISBN: 0820497088
Published by Peter Lang on February 2nd 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, Social History
Pages: 142
Len's Summary: Biography of a French Great War conscript, an orphan, based on the diary of poilu Archille Lecreux. Dr. Henry is the author of Monumental Accusations about popular resentment in memorializing WWI in France.
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.
Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign
Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign by Earl J. Hess ISBN: 0807831549
Published by University of North Carolina Press on September 24th 2007
Genres: History, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military, Strategy
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: The ever expanding Civil War use of trenches and other field works in the battles for Richmond from The Wilderness to Cold Harbor presaged both the Russo-Japanese War and WWI. A second volume will cover the Petersburg Campaign.
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.
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 by Ann Hagedorn ISBN: 9781416539711
Published by Simon and Schuster on April 10th 2007
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Modern
Pages: 576
Len's Summary: History of a tumultuous year: lynchings, race riots, the recrudescence of the Klu Klux Klan, widespread labor unrest, anarchist bombings, the first Red Scare, prohibition, thousands of returning Doughboys looking for work and the abrupt end of the reformist Progressive Era. The author, a staffer at the Wall Street Journal reviews the unruly and often politically repressive aftermath of the “War to End All Wars.”
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.
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud by Brian Garfield ISBN: 1597970417
Published by Potomac Books on January 1st 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Science & Technology, History, Middle East, General, Nature, Birdwatching Guides
Pages: 386
Len's Summary: Lt. Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) got his start as a politically- and socially-connected British Army intelligence officer chasing Paul von Lettow Vorbeck around the East Africa bush. Later, invalided out of Africa, he was assigned to MI7 in Cairo, and claimed authorship of the legendary “haversack ruse” of 1917. A committed Zionist, Meinertzhagen was a flamboyant player in the Middle East in the inter-war years, a noted ornithologist, founder of the post-war Anglo German Fellowship, and intimate of Winston Churchill, T. H. Lawrence and Chaim Weizmann. He also perpetrated scientific fraud, was a tireless self-promoter and may have even murdered his wife. Fittingly, this lively tale is authored by a past president of the Mystery Writers of America.
Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era
Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era by Norman Friedman ISBN: 1591145554
Published by Naval Institute Press on January 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, Weapons, Naval
Pages: 319
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.
Military History on the Web
Military History on the Web by Simon Fowler ISBN: 1844156060
Published by Pen & Sword Books on November 1st 2007
Genres: Computers, Web, Site Directories, History, Military, General, Reference
Pages: 211
Len's Summary: A resource for those seeking information on battles or on individual British, Canadian or American soldiers, sailors and airmen.
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.
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West by Niall Ferguson ISBN: 0143112392
Published by Penguin Books on October 30th 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 880
Len's Summary: Now available in paperback, this is panoramic study of war, conflict and violence in the first half of the 20th century. Economic historian Ferguson sees three overlapping factors as key to understanding what happened: ethnic conflict, economic volatility and the decline of empires. // Published in the UK with the subtitle History's Age of Hatred. Companion volume to a new six-part British TV series premiering in June 2006 examining the conflicts of the 20th century. Ferguson takes the position that World Wars One and Two, and the Cold War were not separate conflicts, but a single "hundred years' war, a struggle powered by imperial and ethnic competition. Dr. Ferguson, a leading economic historian and native of Glasgow, now teaches at Harvard.
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.
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
