An Incomplete Revenge: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear ISBN: 9780312428181
Published by Picador on November 25th 2008
Genres: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: Fifth in the Maisie Dobbs series of crime novels with a WWI tie-in investigated by a British wartime VAD nurse turned private eye.
A Duty to the Dead: A Bess Crawford Mystery
A Duty to the Dead: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd ISBN: 9780061791765
Published by William Morrow on August 25th 2009
Genres: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical
Pages: 329
Len's Summary: First in a series of Bess Crawford novels in which, Bess, daughter of a distinguished army officer, volunteers to become a nurse in WWI.
A Good Woman
A Good Woman by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0739494686
on 2008
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Best-selling author Steel weaves a story of a woman who loses her father and brother on the Titanic and later throws herself into the war effort doing medical work in France.
Empire of Sand
Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan ISBN: 0755329244
Published by Headline Review on April 3rd 2008
Pages: 384
Len's Summary: A novel of T. E. Lawrence before he became famous fomenting Arab revolt in the Hejaz. His foil is Wilhelm Wassmuss, a real life German agent provocateur already fictionalized by John Buchan in Green Mantle.
Buck’s Story: A Marine in the Great War
Buck’s Story: A Marine in the Great War by Wayne A. Pettyjohn ISBN: 978-1456817671
Published by Xlibris on November 20th 2010
Len's Summary: A fast-paced historical novel, an entertaining mix of fact and fiction based on stories recounted by veterans of the Fourth Marine Brigade of the Second Division, AEF. To purchase, contact the author at wpettyj@aol.com (405) 372-1981.
The Overcoat
The Overcoat by Conrad Larson ISBN: 9781931916530
Published by OVERCOAT on 2008
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: A mystery novel of WWI.
The Given Day
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane ISBN: 0688163181
Published by William Morrow on September 23rd 2008
Pages: 704
Len's Summary: A sprawling novel of post-World-War-One upheaval and uncertainty in Boston, by the author of Mystic River. A fictionalized account of events surrounding the Boston Police strike of 1919, racial and ethnic strife, anarchist and Bolshevik agitation, the catastrophic collapse of the North End molasses tank, the influenza pandemic, Irish politics, and Babe Ruth.
Time Is the Fire: A Novel of the Great War
Time Is the Fire: A Novel of the Great War by William Breedlove Martin ISBN: 9781606101186
Published by PublishAmerica on 2008
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Pages: 312
Len's Summary: Deals mainly with the family left behind in Georgia by two brothers serving in the US First Pursuit Group.
Life Class
Life Class by Pat Barker ISBN: 0307387801
Published by Anchor on January 6th 2009
Genres: Fiction, General, Historical
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: From the Booker Prize-winning (Ghost Road) author of the Regeneration trilogy, this novel takes on the issue of art and war-time censorship.
The Battle of the Frontiers, Ardennes 1914
The Battle of the Frontiers: Ardennes 1914 by Terence Zuber ISBN: 0752444247
Published by The History Press on October 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: A new history of the often neglected series of battles opening WWI. By the author of the controversial Inventing the Schlieffen Plan (Oxford 2002) and German War Planning, 1891-1914: Sources and Interpretation (Boydell & Brewer 2004). The author is a WFA member, and retired US Army officer with a Ph.D. from Würtzburg.
Warsaw 1920: Lenin’s Failed Conquest of Europe
Warsaw 1920: Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe by Adam Zamoyski ISBN: 0007225520
Published by HarperPress on February 4th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Eastern, Military, Other, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: History of the Polish-Soviet War which threatened the Versailles settlement and put paid to Lenin’s ambitions for spreading bolshevism to the west.
Chief of Staff, Vol. 1: The Principal Officers Behind History’s Great Commanders, Napoleonic Wars to World War I
Chief of Staff, Vol. 1: The Principal Officers Behind History's Great Commanders, Napoleonic Wars to World War I by David T. Zabecki ISBN: 9781591149903
Published by Naval Institute Press on 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Strategy
Pages: 241
Len's Summary: First of two volumes examining the role of the military chief of staff.
Greater Love: A Directory of Chaplains of the British Army, Australian, Canadian, East African, New Zealand and South African Forces Who Gave Their Lives in the Period 1914-1922
Greater Love: A Directory of Chaplains of the British Army, Australian, Canadian, East African, New Zealand and South African Forces Who Gave Their Lives in the Period 1914-1922 by David T. Youngson ISBN: 9781872239538
Published by Printability Publishing Limited on 2008
Pages: 82
Len's Summary: Order from the author, D. T. Youngson, 35 Buxton Gardens, Billingham TS22 5AL England, e-mail david.youngson@ntlworld.com. A resource for WWI historians and researchers; as advertised in Stand To!.
If Germany Attacks: The Battle in Depth in the West
If Germany Attacks: The Battle in Depth in the West by Graeme Chamley Wynne ISBN: 9780837150291
Published by Greenwood Press on 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Language Arts & Disciplines, Library & Information Science, General
Pages: 343
Len's Summary: Abridged reprint of a series of articles appearing in Army Quarterly from 1939 to 1940 concentrates on German defensive measures in the West 1914-18; trenchantly critical of the British High Command.
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918 by Mitchell A. Yockelson ISBN: 9780806139197
Published by University of Oklahoma Press on May 15th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Great Britain, United States
Pages: 308
Len's Summary: A case study in coalition warfare, focusing on the AEF’s 27th and 30th Divisions (II Corps) which fought in Flanders and under ANZAC command along the Somme, breaching the Hindenburg Line in fall of 1918. The author is archivist at the National Archives and Records Service, teaches history at Annapolis and Norwich University and spoke at the 2007 WFA US national seminar at the Naval War College. To order, go to http://borrowedsoldiers.com/index.html.
Us and Them: A Pictorial History of the War on the Western Front
Us and Them: A Pictorial History of the War on the Western Front by Susan Yates ISBN: 9780956019301
Published by No Name No Number on 2008
Pages: 313
Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I
Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I by Jonathan Reed Winkler ISBN: 9780674725775
Published by Harvard University Press on June 30th 2008
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, Military, World War I, Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy
Pages: 357
Len's Summary: A new way of looking at evolving global strategy: the technology, economics and politics of commercial and military communications during WWI.
Isaac Rosenberg: The Making of a Great War Poet: A New Life
Isaac Rosenberg: The Making of a Great War Poet: A New Life by Jean Moorcroft Wilson ISBN: 0810126044
Published by Northwestern University Press on February 9th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Literary
Pages: 504
Len's Summary: Neither a moist-eyed patriot nor a disillusioned veteran, Rosenberg was killed in action with the BEF during the spring of 1918. Also available in paperback from Phoenix (March 2009). Rosenberg’s poems are still in print.
Fruits of Victory: The Woman’s Land Army of America in the Great War
Fruits of Victory: The Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War ISBN: 1597972738 Published by Potomac Books on December 1st 2008
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: From 1917 to 1920 the Women’s Land Army (WLA) mobilized women from all walks of life to take over farm work from men drafted into the army. The WLA was deeply rooted in the political and social movements of the late Progressive Era and mirrored changing gender roles in 20th century America.
Our Friend “The Enemy”: Elite Education in Britain and Germany before World War I
Our Friend "The Enemy": Elite Education in Britain and Germany before World War I by Thomas Weber ISBN: 9780804700146
Published by Stanford University Press on 2008
Pages: 338
Len's Summary: A scholarly look at Oxford and Heidelberg University, as well as the character of European society on the eve of WWI. Challenges the concept that pre-1914 Europe was bound to collapse.
Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918
Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson ISBN: 9780521123082
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 12th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century, Social History, Great Britain
Pages: 308
Len's Summary: Comparative scholarly study of German and British morale. The author argues that at the heart of armies’ robustness lay human resilience; that the “ordered surrender” by junior officers led to Germany’s defeat in 1918.
Hanging a Rebel: The Life of C.R.W. Nevinson
Hanging a Rebel: The Life of C.R.W. Nevinson ISBN: 0718830903 Published by Lutterworth Press on July 24th 2008
Genres: Art, History, Biography & Autobiography
Pages: 367
Len's Summary: The life of British war artist and futurist author D. R. W. Nevinson highlights the development of intellectual thought before and during the First World War.
The Lessons of War: The Experiences of Seven Future Leaders in the First World War
The Lessons of War: The Experiences of Seven Future Leaders in the First World War by William van der Kloot ISBN: 1845886348
Published by The History Press on February 1st 2009
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: The experiences of de Gaulle, Hitler, Mussolini, Mannerheim, Atäturk, Harold MacMillan and Herbert Hoover.
Les Canons de la Victoire, 1914-1918
Les Canons de la Victoire, 1914-1918 by Pierre Touzin, Francois Vauvillier ISBN: 2352501067
Published by Histoire & Collections on October 1st 2004
Pages: 65
Len's Summary: Two volumes covering field and heavy artillery deployed by the French in WWI. Available from Amazon France. // To be followed by a second volume detailing railway artillery and other specialized guns. In French, available from Casemate Publishing.
The Netherlands Indies and the Great War, 1914-1918
The Netherlands Indies and the Great War, 1914-1918 by Kees van Dijk ISBN: 9067183083
Published by Kitlv Press on March 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Asia, Southeast Asia
Len's Summary: By 1917, the Dutch East Indies was facing a radical nationalist movement, as well as economic an pinch caused by loss of exports, wartime trade restrictions, the war at sea and shortages of shipping. // How severe trade restrictions imposed by the British impacted colonial economy and society, threatening Dutch rule in the Indies. See also Hubert van Tuyll The Netherlands and World War I (Brill, 2001) for a broader diplomatic and political-economic study of armed Netherlands neutrality.
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson ISBN: 0465020372
Published by Basic Books on October 26th 2010
Pages: 488
Len's Summary: A new survey history about a major front often ignored in telling the history of The Great War. Taking its title from the battle lines in the snow-covered Alps, this book recounts Italy’s abandonment of its German and Austro-Hungarian allies, its entry into the war on the side of the Entente in May 1915 and the resulting stalemate which cost 689 thousand Italian dead before Vienna sued for peace in October 1918.
Clausewitz’s On War: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
Clausewitz's On War: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) by Hew Strachan ISBN: 9780802143631
Published by Grove Press on April 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Military, Strategy
Pages: 238
Len's Summary: A premier military historian examines Clausewitz’s dense dicta on military strategy.
Harry’s War: A British Tommy’s Experiences in the Trenches in World War One
Harry's War: A British Tommy's Experiences in the Trenches in World War One by Harry Stinton, Virginia Mayo ISBN: 1844862550
Published by Conway on August 5th 2014
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: First publication of the memoirs of an infantry soldier’s combat service at Arras, Albert and Ypres before he was wounded in 1917.
British civilian internees in Germany: The Ruhleben camp, 1914-1918
British civilian internees in Germany: The Ruhleben camp, 1914-1918 by Matthew Stibbe ISBN: 9780719070853
Published by Manchester University Press on September 30th 2008
Genres: Civilians in war, Prisoners of war, History, General, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Military, World War I, World War II, Social Science, Sociology, Penology
Pages: 210
Len's Summary: Germany’s largest WWI internment camp for enemy aliens.
Battle for the Baltic Islands, 1917: Triumph of the Imperial German Navy
Battle for the Baltic Islands, 1917: Triumph of the Imperial German Navy by Gary Staff ISBN: 9781844157877
on 2008
Pages: 178
Len's Summary: Successful German amphibious invasion, Operation Albion. See also: Operation Albion, Michael Barrett, Indiana, 2008.
The Red Prince: The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe
The Red Prince: The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe by Timothy Snyder ISBN: 0224081527
Published by Bodley Head on June 5th 2008
Pages: 344
Len's Summary: A view of the breakup of the Habsburg Empire and the aftermath through the life of Archduke Wilhelm von Habsburg (1895-1949), ardent supporter of an independent Ukraine. Also available as The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke, Perseus and Basic Books, 2008, ISBN 978 0 4650 0237 5, $27.95 cloth.
Unknown Soldiers: The American Expeditionary Forces in Memory and Remembrance
Unknown Soldiers: The American Expeditionary Forces in Memory and Remembrance by Mark A. Snell ISBN: 0873389409
Published by Kent State University Press on July 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 274
Len's Summary: Essays from established historians on American participation in WWI and how that experience was and is remembered. Several of the authors are WFA members or frequent speakers at our seminars.
Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars
Maxime Weygand: A Biography of the French General in Two World Wars by Barnett Singer ISBN: 9780786435715
Published by McFarland on May 19th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War II, World War I, Biography & Autobiography, General, France
Pages: 261
Len's Summary: Biography of General Foch’s chief of Staff in WWI who inherited command of a defeated French army in 1940. See also: Maxime Weygand and Civil-Military Relations in Modern France, Philip Charles et al, Harvard, 1997, 445 pages, ISBN 978 0674 4557 017, $33.50 from Barnes & Nobel; less from used booksellers.
Through the Wheat: the U.S. Marine Corps in World War I
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Through the Wheat: The U.S. Marines in World War I by Edwin H. Simmons, Joseph H. Alexander ISBN: 1591148316
on 2011-09
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, United States
Len's Summary: The long-awaited history of the Marines in WWI by a former Marine Corps Historian. Completed following Simmons’ death by Joe Alexander. Recounts action by the Fourth Marine Brigade of the 2nd Division at Belleau Wood, Soissons, Blanc Mont, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne.
The British Soldier of the First World War
The British Soldier of the First World War by Peter Doyle ISBN: 0747806837
Published by Shire on November 18th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 56
Len's Summary: The soldiers’ life training, working and resting behind the front.
Command and Control on the Western Front: The British Army’s Experience 1914-18
Command and Control on the Western Front: The British Army's Experience 1914-18 by Gary Sheffield, Dan Todman ISBN: 1862274207
Published by The History Press on September 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, World War II
Pages: 224
1918 The German Offensives: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)
1918 The German Offensives: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) by John Sheen ISBN: 1844156613
on March 21st 2008
Len's Summary: An richly illustrated history of the spring 1918 German offensives. Available in America from www.casematepublishing.com.
The Yankee Division in the First World War: In the Highest Tradition
The Yankee Division in the First World War: In the Highest Tradition by Michael E. Shay ISBN: 9781603440301
Published by Texas A&M University Press on June 20th 2008
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, United States
Pages: 294
Len's Summary: The author defends the record of the Yankee Division against its detractors. By the author of The Grateful Heart on the Yankee Division’s 103rd Field Hospital (Greenwood 2001).
Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in Canada during the First World War
Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in Canada during the First World War by Amy J. Shaw ISBN: 0774815930
Published by UBC Press on July 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, Canada, General, World War I
Pages: 264
Len's Summary: Examination of the experiences of Canadian conscientious objectors in WWI.
The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking After the First World War, 1919-1923
The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking After the First World War, 1919-1923 by Alan Sharp ISBN: 9781137069689
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on September 10th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, World, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: Revision of a 1991 textbook.
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
