The Central Powers in the Adriatic, 1914-1918: War in a Narrow Sea by Charles W. Koburger ISBN: 9780275970710
Published by Greenwood Publishing Group on January 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I
Pages: 145
Len's Summary: A bloody sideshow, but a sideshow nonetheless.
Revolt in the Desert
Revolt in the Desert by T.E. Lawrence ISBN: 9781848856653
on 2001
Genres: History, Middle East, General, Travel, Special Interest, Literary
Pages: 352
The Great War and the Twentieth Century
The Great War and the Twentieth Century by Jay Winter, Geoffrey Parker, Jay Murray Winter ISBN: 0300081545
Published by Yale University Press on November 10th 2000
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 366
Len's Summary: Taken from a Yale University lecture series, this volume attempts to introduce recent scholarship on WWI drawing on both new historical approaches and newly-available Soviet archival materials. Heavy on traditional diplomatic issues.
The Netherlands and World War I: Espionage, Diplomacy and Survival
The Netherlands and World War I: Espionage, Diplomacy and Survival by Hubert P. Van Tuyll Van Serooskerken ISBN: 9004122435
Published by Brill on June 28th 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, Europe, World War I
Pages: 381
Len's Summary: Dr, van Tuyll teaches history at Augusta State University, Georgia. His article on this subject will appear shortly in Camaraderie.
Gallipoli 1915
Gallipoli 1915 by Timothy Travers ISBN: 9780752419756
Published by Tempus on 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 287
Len's Summary: Travers, a distinguished military historian, is Professor of History at the University of Calgary.
Jutland: The German Perspective
Jutland: The German Perspective by V. E. Tarrant ISBN: 0304358487
Published by Cassell on December 31st 2001
Genres: History, Military, Naval
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: The paperback reissue of the 1995 analysis of a very near thing.
The Devil’s Chariots: The Origins and Secret Battles of Tanks in the First World War
The Devil's Chariots: The Origins and Secret Battles of Tanks in the First World War by John Glanfield ISBN: 0750927062
Published by Sutton Publishing on December 31st 2001
Pages: 336
German Anglophobia in the Great War, 1914-1918
German Anglophobia and the Great War, 1914-1918 by Matthew Stibbe ISBN: 9780521782968
Published by Cambridge University Press on May 3rd 2001
Pages: 282
Len's Summary: Scholarly analysis of German attitudes toward Great Britain during WWI and the related development of extreme right wing political networks in Munich and Berlin.
Forgotten Victory: The First World War – Myths and Realities
Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities by Gary Sheffield ISBN: 0747271577
Published by Headline on December 31st 2001
Pages: 298
Len's Summary: The is definitely worth reading as a revisionist look at the causes, strategy, leadership and consequences of The Great War in Great Britain and America. Not a survey history, but rather a first class series of essays.
A Grateful Heart: The History of a World War I Field Hospital
A Grateful Heart: The History of a World War I Field Hospital by Michael E. Shay ISBN: 9780313319112
Published by Greenwood Press on 2002
Pages: 237
Trench Art
Trench Art by Nicholas J. Saunders ISBN: 0850527937
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2001
Genres: Art and war, Art metal-work, Found objects (Art), Popular Culture, Soldiers as artists, Art, Criticism & Theory, Subjects & Themes, General, History, Military, World War I
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: The first book we’ve seen on this subject of how front line soldiers passed the time between battles… Look for a review in the WFA newsletter The Field Memo later in 2001.
The First World War: The Outbreak, Events, and Aftermath
The First World War: The Outbreak, Events, and Aftermath by Keith Robbins ISBN: 9780192191632
on 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 186
Len's Summary: A concise survey history of the military and political aspects of the conflict in paperback; a reissue of the 1984 version.
Kitchener
Kitchener by John Charles Pollock ISBN: 9780094803404
Published by Constable on February 3rd 2001
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, Political, World War I
Pages: 598
Len's Summary: All about a resolutely old-fashioned Field Marshall — an officer anda gentleman. Reviewed in the Financial Times, April 21, 2001.
Caporetto 1917: Victory or Defeat?
Caporetto 1917 Victory or Defeat by Mario Morselli ISBN: 0714650730
Published by Frank Cass Publishers on September 30th 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, Political Science, Security (National & International)
Pages: 171
Len's Summary: Given a mediocre review in War in History, April 2003.
The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I
The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I by John Mosier ISBN: 9780060084332
Published by Harper on April 24th 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Strategy
Pages: 400
Len's Summary: Reviewed in the Financial Times and found wanting as a rehash of 1930s "blame it on the stupid generals" analysis. Mosher also asserts that America won the war for the Allies, a thesis certain to enrage our British cousins.
Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War
Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War by Annika Mombauer ISBN: 9780521791014
Published by Cambridge University Press on April 19th 2001
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, World War II, Juvenile Nonfiction, Military & Wars
Pages: 325
Pessimism and British War Policy, 1916-1918
Pessimism and British War Policy, 1916-1918 by Brock Millman ISBN: 0415761263
Published by Routledge on July 1st 2001
Pages: 336
Find and Destroy: Antisubmarine Warfare in World War I
Find and Destroy: Antisubmarine Warfare in World War I by Dwight R. Messimer ISBN: 1557504474
on September 2001
Genres: History, Military, Weapons
Pages: 312
Len's Summary: Messimer is a lecturer in History at San Diego State University and a specialist in WWI and early American aviation. His research benefited from his knowledge of German…
Between War and Peace: Woodrow Wilson and the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918-1921
Between War and Peace: Woodrow Wilson and the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918-1921 by Carol Wilcox Melton ISBN: 9780865546929
Published by Mercer University Press on 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, World, Political Science, Security (National & International)
Pages: 269
Len's Summary: A controversial chapter in American diplomacy that still colors Russian-American relations even though Wilson’s intervention was aimed at blocking Japanese expansionism…
The Doughboys: America and the First World War
The Doughboys: America and the First World War by Gary Mead ISBN: 9781585670611
on 2001
Pages: 493
Len's Summary: Highly recommended new look at the impact of American in WWI and its role in the Allied victory. Mead is a British journalist. Well worth reading even though Mead forgets that it was the Spanish-American War that catapulted the United States onto the world stage. Available form Amazon.com.uk and Barnes and Noble.
Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War
Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War by Margaret MacMillan ISBN: 0719559391
Published by John Murray Publishers on September 6th 2001
Pages: 574
Len's Summary: A new history of the making of the Versailles Treaty written by the granddaughter of a British Prime Minister.
Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House
Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House by Phyllis Lee Levin ISBN: 9780743211581
Published by Scribner on September 25th 2001
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Presidents & Heads of State, History, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 606
Len's Summary: Ms. Levin, a journalist, sets out to prove that Edith Bolling Galt, Wilson’s second wife, set the agenda for the last, tragic years of his administration.
The German Offensive of 1918
The German Offensive of 1918 by Martin Kitchen ISBN: 9780752417998
Published by Tempus on October 2001
Pages: 283
Len's Summary: Dr. Kitchen of Simon Frazier University is a leading expert on the German Army.
Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America by Jennifer D. Keene ISBN: 9780801865923
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press on August 29th 2001
Pages: 294
Len's Summary: A social history of the impact of The Great War on the United States and its people.
An Illustrated History of The First World War
An Illustrated History of The First World War by John Keegan ISBN: 9780375412592
Published by Alfred A. Knopf on October 30th 2001
Pages: 432
Doctrine Under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I
Doctrine Under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I by Mark E. Grotelueschen ISBN: 9780313311710
Published by Greenwood Press on November 30th 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 174
Len's Summary: How the conflict between infantrymen and artillerists in the AEF went unresolved…
American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, 1917-1920
American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, 1917-1920 by Martin Marix Evans ISBN: 1579583091
Published by Routledge on February 3rd 2001
Pages: 258
Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States
Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the United States by Mark Ellis ISBN: 9780253109323
Published by Indiana University Press on July 26th 2001
Genres: History, United States, General, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Military, World War I
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Race relations in America during The Great War…not a pretty sight.
Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I
Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I by John S. D. Eisenhower ISBN: 9780684863047
Published by Free Press on June 4th 2001
Genres: History, Military, United States
Pages: 353
Len's Summary: Lacks adequate maps, but otherwisea good survey. WFA member Christina Holstein did substantial research for thiswork. We will review it in Stand To!
The Officer’s Ward
The Officer's Ward by Marc Dugain ISBN: 1569472653
Published by Soho Press on November 1st 2001
Pages: 143
Len's Summary: The story of French officers who maintain their dignity and humor even after being disfigured by war wounds sustained on the Western Front. Winner of the Prix des Libraries, among others, in 1998 when it was first published in France.
1918: War and Peace
1918: War and Peace by Gregor Dallas ISBN: 9781585671571
Published by Overlook Press on 2001
Genres: History, Europe, General, France, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 616
Len's Summary: Answers the question: “how did World War One end?” Not a pretty sight…
The Kaiser’s Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918
The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918 by Eric Dorn Brose ISBN: 0195143353
Published by Oxford University Press on 2001
Pages: 336
Who’s Who in World War One
Who’s Who in World War One by John M. Bourne ISBN: 9780415141796
Published by Routledge on 2001
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Reference, History, World War I
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: John Bourne is a leading British WWI and WWII scholar.
A Navy Second to None: The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I
A Navy Second to None: The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I by Michael D. Besch ISBN: 9780313319099
Published by Greenwood Press on 2002
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Naval
Pages: 230
The Great War: 1914-1918 (2nd Edition)
The Great War: 1914-1918 (2nd Edition) ISBN: 9781405812528 Published by Pearson/Longman on 2007
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I
Pages: 813
Len's Summary: A survey history that covers the war thematically rather than chronologically and has a social, economic and political emphasis.
Rommel and Caporetto
Rommel and Caporetto by John Wilks, Eileen Wilks ISBN: 9781848848832
on June 30th 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: First examination in English of Rommel’s leadership in this resounding defeat of Italian arms. Written by two British historians specializing in the Italian Front.
The First World War Volume I: To Arms
The First World War: Volume I: To Arms by Hew Strachan ISBN: 9780191608346
on April 26th 2001
Genres: History, World, Military, World War I, Europe, General
Pages: 1248
Len's Summary: This book won WFA’s Norman B.Tomlinson, Jr. Annual Book Prize for 2001.
German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial
German Atrocities, 1914 by John N. Horne, Alan Kramer ISBN: 9780300107913
Published by Yale University Press on 2001
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 608
Len's Summary: Winner of the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History, this is a carefully researched, but densely drafted volume establishing that stories of German atrocities in Belgium and France were not just Entente propaganda. Winner of the 2002 Tomlinson Prize.
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
