My French Whore by Gene Wilder ISBN: 9780312360573
Published by Macmillan on March 6th 2007
Pages: 178
Len's Summary: A serious historical novel by one of America’s top comedians about a German-speaking Doughboy, Paul Peachy from Milwaukee who impersonates a famous German spy after being captured on the Western Front. American Heritage favorably reviewed this novel in its April/May 2007 edition.
The Last Summer of the World: A Novel
The Last Summer of the World: A Novel by Emily Mitchell ISBN: 0393064875
on June 18th 2007
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 390
Len's Summary: A novel about photographer Edward Steichen’s return to wartime France and his reckoning with his painful past.
The Brother Keepers: The Great War Odyssey of Sable MacInnes and His Brothers
The Brother Keepers: The Great War Odyssey of Sable MacInnes and His Brothers by John MacNintch ISBN: 0978750500
on May 1st 2007
Pages: 779
Len's Summary: A novel encapsulating and placing in perspective Canada’s Great War experience through the story of the fictional MacInnes brothers from Nova Scotia. Appendices contain a glossary of terms and identification of principal historical characters, as well as the Canadian order of battle. Look for a full review in a WFA journal.
Dizzy City: A Novel
Dizzy City: A Novel by Nicholas Griffin ISBN: 1586421328
Published by Steerforth Press on August 21st 2007
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: Englishman Benedict Cram deserts the Western Front trenches and stows away on a ship bound for New York City where he falls under the sway of urbane grafter, Julius McAteer. A sting within a sting; a crime novel with historic detail. Recommended by WFA editor-publisher Susan Hall-Balduf.
In Pale Battalions
In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard ISBN: 0385339208
Published by Delta on May 29th 2007
Genres: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Pages: 368
Len's Summary: Reprint of a 1988 Bantum thriller by British novelist Robert Goddard (Into the Blue), a family mystery based on WWI.
Between the Sword and the Wall: A Novel of World War I
Between the Sword and the Wall: A Novel of World War I by Thomas De Angelo ISBN: 0974990639
on March 17th 2007
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 130
Len's Summary: A novel about British Nurse Edith Cavell and the German occupation of Brussels.
Horizon Blue: A Novel of the Great War
Horizon Blue: A Novel of the Great War by Jake Bumgardner ISBN: B005LSDM74
Published by Pastis Press on September 4th 2011
Pages: 285
Len's Summary: Available from the author at www.lulu.com/content/1765825. This is the story of a friendship between a captured French officer and a German prison camp official. Well constructed fiction weaving in actual WWI situations.
The Air We Breathe
The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett ISBN: 0393333078
on October 17th 2007
Genres: Fiction, Historical, Literary
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: Story set in 1916 in an Adirondack tuberculosis asylum. America is still at peace, but a well-meaning patient initiates a discussion group which brings The Great War home sparking anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilantism in an isolated rural community.
A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great War
A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great War by Bart Ziino ISBN: 9781920694890
Published by University of Western Australia Press on March 1st 2007
Pages: 243
Len's Summary: The role of war graves and cemeteries in private grief and mourning for Australia’s 60 thousand dead of WWI.
War Experiences in Rural Germany: 1914-1923
War Experiences in Rural Germany: 1914-1923 by Benjamin Ziemann ISBN: 9781845202453
Published by Berg on January 15th 2007
Pages: 302
Len's Summary: Social history. // Challenges many widespread preconceptions of the effect of WWI on veterans and their communities.
Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919, Volume 2: A Cultural History
Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919, Volume 2: A Cultural History by Jay Winter ISBN: 0521870437
Published by Cambridge University Press on September 6th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, General, France, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Social History, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 545
Len's Summary: The first volume in this useful and finely-crafted comparative study covered social and economic effects of the war; this volume concentrates on the cultural impact of the conflict on the home front. Contributors include Tomlinson Prize- winner Annette Becker.
The General and the Jaguar: Pershing’s Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution and Revenge
The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution and Revenge by Eileen Welsome ISBN: 0803222246
Published by Bison Books on November 1st 2007
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Latin America, Mexico, Military, Revolutionary, World
Pages: 432
Len's Summary: Pershing’s unsuccessful chase of Rancho Villa across northern Mexico in 1916 helped qualify him for AEF command. // The author is a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of two PEN awards.
Brothers in War
Brothers in War by Michael Walsh ISBN: 9780091908843
Published by Ebury Press on 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, History, World
Pages: 426
Len's Summary: First published by Crown in cloth in 2006 this is the story of Beechey family, who endured with dignity and courage the loss of five sons in WWI. Based on family letters and diaries. Also available from Amazon UK on DVD and audio cassette, or used from Barnes & Noble. Compared by some reviewers to the story Saving Private Ryan.
Forgotten Soldiers: Irishmen Shot at Dawn
Forgotten Soldiers: The Irishmen Shot at Dawn by Stephen Walker ISBN: 0717141829
on 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Traces the lives of 22 Irish volunteers in the British Army who were shot for cowardice. These men, along with dozens of others, were recently pardoned by an act of parliament. Available from www.amazon.co.uk.
Flanders: A Cultural History
Flanders: A Cultural History by Andre de Vries ISBN: 9780195314939
Published by Oxford University Press on June 11th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, Western, Travel, France, Historical Geography, Social Science, Customs & Traditions, General
Pages: 296
Len's Summary: A Flanders native looks at a region – the cockpit of WWI — that has been a battle ground since the Middle Ages.
Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote: The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War
Pacifists, Patriots and the Vote: The Erosion of Democratic Suffragism in Britain During the First World War by Jo Vellacott ISBN: 9780230013353
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on August 15th 2007
Pages: 248
Len's Summary: Argues that the vote for British women was no foregone conclusion despite their significant contributions to the war effort.
To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander
To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander by Georg von Trapp, Elizabeth M. Campbell ISBN: 0803246676
Published by University of Nebraska Press on March 1st 2007
Pages: 196
Len's Summary: History Book Club selection. The memoirs of the Austro-Hungarian submarine ace and founder of the Trapp Family Singers first published in the early 1930s before Trapp fled the Nazis and immigrated to America. // Available for the first time in English, the memoirs of Austria-Hungary's leading U-Boat ace and founder of the Trapp Family Singers (The Sound of Music). Available in the spring of 2007.
War in a European Borderland: Occupations and Occupation Plans in Galicia and Ukraine, 1914-1918
War in a European Borderland: Occupations and Occupation Plans in Galicia and Ukraine, 1914-1918 by Mark Von Hagen ISBN: 0295987537
Published by Oakland Museum of California on December 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, General, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 122
Len's Summary: Rapidly shifting battle lines, haphazard implementation and often contradictory national policies complicated the sometimes violent German and Austro-Hungarian occupation of Russian territories on the Eastern Front.
Woodrow Wilson and the Great War: Reconsidering America’s Neutrality, 1914-1917
Woodrow Wilson and the Great War: Reconsidering America's Neutrality, 1914-1917 by Robert W. Tucker ISBN: 0813926297
on 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Len's Summary: The author breaks with Arthur Link and others in asserting that Wilson should have combined strict neutrality with military preparedness. He also provides a useful analysis of the concept of neutrality in the pre-1914 international system.
Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment in Mesopotamia During the First World War
Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment in Mesopotamia During the First World War by E. J. Thompson ISBN: 1846773660
Published by Leonaur Limited on November 29th 2007
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: An account a battalion of the 7th (Meerut) Division of the British Indian Army in the 1917 battles at Istabulat, Samarra, Juber Island and Tekrit.
Zeppelin!: Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939
Zeppelin!: Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939 by Guillaume De Syon ISBN: 0801886341
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press on June 11th 2007
Pages: 312
Len's Summary: A history of the development of the Zeppelin airship.
The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland by Jonathan Sutherland ISBN: 1844155293
on October 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, Naval, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Len's Summary: Yet another look at The Great War’s greatest and most controversial naval engagement.
World War One: A Short History
World War One: A Short History by Norman Stone ISBN: 0465019188
Published by Basic Books on April 27th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Stone, prolific British historian and the author of The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 (Simon & Schuster, 1975) remains agnostic on the Armenian genocide and a proponent of the view that Germany — responding to the Russian threat — started WWI. A survey history reviewed in History Today August 2007. Stone now teaches in Turkey.
Battlefilm: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War
Battlefilm: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War by Phillip W. Stewart ISBN: 9780981744445
Published by PMS Press on January 29th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Reference
Pages: 232
Len's Summary: Also available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble in paperback at $23.95. Catalogs the 467 WWI motion picture film titles held by the National Archives.
The Embattled Self: French Soldiers’ Testimony of the Great War
The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the Great War by Leonard V. Smith ISBN: 9780801445231
Published by Cornell University Press on June 7th 2007
Pages: 214
Len's Summary: An examination of fiction and non-fiction writings by French war veterans reveals how they viewed their service and suffering. The author is Professor of History at Oberlin and the author or co-author of several prize-winning works on French society during WWI.
A People’s War: Germany’s Political Revolution, 1913-1918
A People's War by Jeffrey R. Smith ISBN: 076183642X
Published by University Press of America on December 21st 2006
Genres: History, Europe, Germany
Pages: 213
Len's Summary: The author sees WWI in Germany as the occasion for the assertion of popular sovereignty, a movement that unified Germans across social and political lines shattering the monarchy.
Kitchener’s Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 – 1916
Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 - 1916 by Peter Simkins ISBN: 1473821282
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 19th 2014
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: Examines the main political, economic and social effects of raising tens of thousands of volunteers, as well as their training, feeding, housing and equipment. Written by the author of several well-received WWI histories. // A million volunteers…by a premier WWI historian. These were the men who fought on the Somme.
When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America’s Monetary Supremacy
When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy by William L. Silber ISBN: 0691127476
Published by Princeton University Press on January 22nd 2007
Genres: Business & Economics, Economic History, Finance, General, Money & Monetary Policy
Pages: 217
Len's Summary: Traces Treasury Secretary William McAdoo’s triumph over the monetary crisis sparked by the start of WWI. With the central bank (the Federal Reserve System) authorized by the Owen-Glass Act of December 1913 not yet in place, he closed the American Stock Exchange for four months to prevent foreigners from selling their holding and demanding gold in return. McAdoo both honored America’s commitment to the gold standard and sustained public confidence in the banking system, preventing a repeat of the disastrous 1907 run on American banks. The author is a professor at the Stern School of Business, NYU.
Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari
Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari by Pat Shipman ISBN: 0060817283
Published by William Morrow on July 31st 2007
Pages: 450
Len's Summary: A pot boiler about the much pawed over life and career of a WWI female double agent resurrecting the possibility that Mata was a victim.
The German Army at Passchendaele
The German Army at Passchendaele by Jack Sheldon ISBN: 1844155641
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 1st 2007
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: A history of the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917, from the German point of view. One of several new histories marking the 90th anniversary of this battle of attrition that fell far short of its original objective of overrunning German naval bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge.
The Battle for Vimy Ridge – 1917
The Battle for Vimy Ridge - 1917 by Jack Sheldon ISBN: 1844155528
Published by Pen & Sword Books on October 1st 2007
Pages: 236
Len's Summary: A successful British part of the allied 1917 spring offensives most remembered for General Neville’s disastrous attack at the Chemin des Dames. Published in time for the 90th anniversary of Canada’s most famous battle and the rededication of the refurbished Vimy Memorial.
Killing Time: Archaeology and the First World War
Killing Time: Archaeology and the First World War by Nicholas J. Saunders ISBN: 0750945192
Published by The History Press on April 1st 2007
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Uncovering the artifacts of war in Flanders. Saunders is a reader at the University College London and the author of a work on trench art.
Battles East: A History of the Eastern Front of the First World War
Battles East: A History of the Eastern Front of the First World War by G. Irving Root ISBN: 9781424168002
Published by PublishAmerica on October 15th 2007
Genres: History, Military, General
Pages: 387
Len's Summary: Advertised as the first in a new series being privately published by the author. A chronological narrative history based largely on secondary sources. A useful addition to the all too few studies of war in the East.
An Arizona Aviator in France: The Life of Ernest A. Love, 147th Aero Squadron, USAS
An Arizona Aviator in France: The Life of Ernest A. Love, 147th Aero Squadron, USAS by Alan L. Roesler ISBN: 0979791928
Published by Roesler Enterprises on 2007
Pages: 300
Len's Summary: To order E-mail troes7718@msn.com.
The First World War
The First World War by Stuart Robson ISBN: 1405824719
Published by Longman Publishing Group on January 1st 2007
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 173
Len's Summary: A survey history of the war intended for use as a classroom text.
The Battleship Dreadnought
The Battleship Dreadnought by John Roberts ISBN: 1844862062
Published by Conway on September 3rd 2013
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Accurate scale drawings for model makers and historians of the prototype for 20th century line-of-battle ships.
The Zionist Masquerade: The Birth of the Anglo-Zionist Alliance 1914-1918
The Zionist Masquerade: The Birth of the Anglo-Zionist Alliance 1914-1918 by James Renton ISBN: 9780230547186
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on November 15th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Social History, Jewish, Middle East, General
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: A reexamination of British policy towards Jews and Zionism during the First World War, a fundamental turning point in the history of the Middle East.
Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig
Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig by Walter Reid ISBN: 1841585173
Published by Birlinn Publishers on February 1st 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, Political, Juvenile Nonfiction, Historical
Pages: 555
Len's Summary: A new sympathetic analysis of Haig’s still controversial leadership of the BEF. // A new biography sure to spark controversy. Available from Casemate Publishing.
Battleship Texas
Battleship Texas by Hugh Power ISBN: 0890965196
Published by Texas A&M University Press on 2007
Pages: 166
Len's Summary: Reissue of the definitive guide to the last surviving Great War dreadnought, veteran of the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow on display outside Houston and soon to undergo major preservation work.
1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
1920: The Year of the Six Presidents by David Pietrusza ISBN: 0786716223
Published by Basic Books on December 28th 2006
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 533
Len's Summary: The election campaign of 1920 marked the end of the Progressive Era, the start of Prohibition, the height of the post-war Red Scare and a bright line between Wilsonian internationalism and the isolationist “normalcy” of the Harding-Coolidge era; a snapshot of a changing America in the wake of The Great War.
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
