Mons, 1914-1918: The Beginning and the End by Don Farr ISBN: 9781906033286
Published by Helion & Company on December 23rd 2008
Pages: 233
Len's Summary: A four-year catastrophe in and around a Flemish cloth town. // Describes the catastrophic events that took place at Mons in 1914 and again in 1918.
John Masefield’s Great War – Collected Works
John Masefield’s Great War – Collected Works by Philip Errington, John Masefield ISBN: 1844156508
Published by Pen & Sword Books on January 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 319
Len's Summary: Collected shorter pieces by Britain’s Poet Laureate who also penned books on Gallipoli, The Old Front Line, War and the Future, and the Somme.
Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet
Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet by Michael Epkenhans ISBN: 9781574887327
Published by Potomac Books on March 30th 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, Germany, World War I, Naval
Pages: 107
Len's Summary: A biography of Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) whose long career took him from naval command to the postwar Reichstag.
We Will Not Fight…: The Untold Story of World War Ones Conscientious Objectors
We Will Not Fight...: The Untold Story of World War Ones Conscientious Objectors by Will Ellsworth-Jones ISBN: 1845133005
Published by Aurum on 2008
Pages: 296
Len's Summary: The story of England’s conscientious objectors, many of whom were jailed for refusing to serve in the armed forces.
The Brusilov Offensive
The Brusilov Offensive by Timothy C. Dowling ISBN: 9780253351302
Published by Indiana University Press on June 18th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Eastern, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: The Brusilov Offensive of June 1916 rolled back massive German gains of 1915, brought Romania into the war extinguishing once and for all the offensive capabilities of the Austro-Hungarian Army forcing Vienna into political and military subservience to Berlin. A skillful analysis and welcome addition to the short Eastern Front bookshelf.
1917: Tactics, Training and Technology
1917: Tactics, Training and Technology by Jeffrey Grey, Peter Dennis ISBN: 978 0 9803 7967 9
Published by Loftus Australia on February 2008
Len's Summary: Collection of 11 essays based on papers presented at the 2007 Australian Chief of Army’s Military History Conference in 2007. Contributors include Robin Prior, Gary Sheffield, Dan Todman, Tim Cook and Andrew Wiest, Robert Doughty and Michael Neiberg. // An anthology focusing mainly but not exclusively on the BEF. Favorably reviewed by Bruce Gudmundsson in The Journal of Military History.
World War One: Five Continents in Flanders
World War One: Five Continents in Flanders by Dominiek Dendooven, Piet Chielens ISBN: 902097727X
on 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: A book about the various foreign armies fighting in Flanders arising from an exhibition at the Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres.
The Devil’s Own War: The Diary of Herbert Hart – Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they happened
The Devil's Own War: The Diary of Herbert Hart - Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele as they happened by John Crawford ISBN: 0908988222
Published by Exisle Publishing on March 15th 2010
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Australia & New Zealand
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: Wairarapa lawyer Hart jointed the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a Major in 1914 rising to brigade command after serving as a battalion CO at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. After the war he was knighted and served as Administrator of Western Samoa.
Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace
Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace by John Milton Cooper Jr. ISBN: 0801890748
Published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press on September 30th 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, History, United States, 20th Century, Political Science, International Relations, General
Pages: 376
Len's Summary: A series of essays reexamining Wilson’s policies and legacy.
Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War, 1917-1918
Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War, 1917-1918 by Tim Cook ISBN: 9780143055938
on September 29th 2009
Pages: 736
Len's Summary: Continues the story of the Canadian Corps on the Western Front begun in The Sharp End (Viking Canada 2007) through the battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Passchendaele. The author is historian at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919
World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919 by Ross F. Collins ISBN: 9780313320828
Published by ABC-CLIO on 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 411
Len's Summary: Anthology of American magazine and newspaper excerpts with explanatory text dealing with contemporary war issues. In the days before radio, TV and public opinion polls, the print media was both the primary reflector and molder of public opinion. This book highlights both the propaganda campaign that accompanied the war and the challenges faced by German Americans as their adopted nation was drawn into the conflict.
Battle Cruiser HMS Renown, 1916-1948
Battle Cruiser HMS Renown, 1916-1948 by Peter C. Smith, Maurice Cocker ISBN: 978 1 84415 733 4
on October 31st 2008
Pages: 144
Len's Summary: A famous ship which joined the Grand Fleet in 1916 and fought in WWII.
Anzac: The Landing at Gallipoli
Anzac: The Landing at Gallipoli by Stephen Chambers ISBN: 1844157229
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Detailed account of the April 15, 1915 landings.
Le Cateau
Le Cateau by Nigel Cave ISBN: 9780850528428
Published by Leo Cooper on March 2008
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: The second major action fought by the BFE in 1914 examined by two experienced WWI historians.
Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen
Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen by Christopher Capozzola ISBN: 0199734798
Published by Oxford University Press on April 12th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Law, Legal History, Political Science
Pages: 334
Len's Summary: America turns over unprecedented power to the Federal Government creating a new American state and a new citizen. One of a series of recent social and political histories reexamining the American home front society and politics in WWI. The author is Associate Professor of History at MIT.
Unlikely Allies: Britain, America and the Victorian Origins of the Special Relationship
Unlikely Allies: Britain, America and the Victorian Origins of the Special Relationship by Duncan Andrew Campbell ISBN: 1847251919
Published by Bloomsbury Academic on February 1st 2008
Genres: History, United States, General, Political Science, International Relations, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 320
Len's Summary: Putting aside residual antagonisms stemming from the War of 1812, America and Great Britain lay the basis for an alliance that survived two world wars and is still operative today.
The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood: U.S. Marines in World War I
The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood: U.S. Marines in World War I by Dick Camp ISBN: 0760331898
Published by Zenith Press on April 15th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States
Pages: 128
Len's Summary: The familiar story of how the Marines stopped the last of the German spring 1918 offensives.
Band of Brigands: The First Men in Tanks
Band of Brigands: The First Men in Tanks by Christy Campbell ISBN: 9780007214600
Published by Harper Perennial on September 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I
Pages: 479
Len's Summary: A new history of the creation of the Royal Tank Corps.
The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot
The Diary & Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot by Christopher M. Burgess ISBN: 1844157415
on November 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Aviation
Len's Summary: The war of 65 Squadron RFC pilot Guy Mainwaring Knocker written by his grandson drawing on his letters and diaries.
An Officer’s Manual of the Western Front, 1914-1918
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Stephen Bull ISBN: 9781844860722
Published by Conway on September 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: A compendium of 30 whole manuals and shorter extracts.
Answering the Call: The U. S. Army Nurse Corps, 1917-1919: A Commemorative Tribute to Military Nursing in World War I
Answering the Call: The U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1917-1919: A Commemorative Tribute to Military Nursing in World War I by Lisa M. Budreau, Richard M. Prior ISBN: 0160817242
Published by United States Department of Defense on November 10th 2008
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, Medical, Nursing, Emergency
Pages: 254
Len's Summary: The author is a research historian in the Army Office of Medical History.
Churchill, Hitler, and “The Unnecessary War”: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World by Patrick J. Buchanan ISBN: 0307405168
Published by Three Rivers Press on July 28th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Western, History, Great Britain, Military, World War II, World, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 544
Len's Summary: A replowing of familiar and well-tilled fields by a former Nixon speech writer, presidential candidate and perennial right wing TV talk show bloviator. Buchanan is best at setting up straw men and then knocking them down.
Petain: Verdun to Vichy
Petain: Verdun to Vichy by Robert Bowman Bruce ISBN: 1574885987
Published by Potomac Books on September 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Europe, France, World War I, World War II
Pages: 150
Len's Summary: A short biography by the winner of the WFA 2004 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Book Prize.
The Daily Telegraph – Dictionary of Tommies’ Song and Slang 1914-18
The Daily Telegraph - Dictionary of Tommies' Song and Slang 1914-18 by John Brophy, Eric Partridge, Malcom Brown ISBN: 1844157105
on February 1st 2008
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Each song is accompanied by a brief explanation of its origins and variations. There is also a large glossary of soldier slang.
United States Navy in the Pacific, 1909-1922
United States Navy in the Pacific, 1909-1922 by William Reynolds Braisted ISBN: 1591140889
on April 1st 2008
Genres: History, Military, United States, Naval
Pages: 760
Len's Summary: The second of two volumes, analyses rising tensions with Japan during the Taft Administration, the US Navy in the Pacific during WWI, the decision to build a navy second to none, the 1916 Naval Construction Act, and the post-war Washington Navel Disarmament Conference ending in 1922.
Flanders Fields
Flanders Fields by Stefan Boness ISBN: 9783939181156
Published by Verlag für Bildschöne Bücher on October 2008
Pages: 105
Len's Summary: Contemporary photos of the remains of World War One in the Ypres Salient, Belgium taken by the author. Distributed internationally by Idea Books.
The Unquiet Western Front: Britain’s Role in Literature and History
The Unquiet Western Front: Britain's Role in Literature and History by Brian Bond ISBN: 9780521036412
Published by Cambridge University Press on April 30th 2007
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, General, Social Science, Media Studies, Literary Criticism, Social History, Military, World War I
Pages: 140
Len's Summary: First published in 2002, this is a critique of the anti-war culture that pervades writing and teaching The Great War. Favorably reviewed by History Today as a bid to rescue WWI history from popular myth.
The Germans at Arras
The Germans at Arras by David Bilton ISBN: 9781844157686
Published by Pen & Sword Military on 2008
Pages: 208
Len's Summary: German photographs of the Arras region in 1917.
The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended
The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War Really Ended by Nicholas Best ISBN: 9781586486402
Published by Public Affairs on October 13th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Reactions of war survivors, many of whom went on to success after the conflict.
Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands
Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands by Michael B. Barrett ISBN: 9780253349699
Published by Indiana University Press on February 19th 2008
Genres: History, Europe, Baltic States, Germany, Military, World War I
Pages: 298
Len's Summary: This Eastern Front battle featured action between German dreadnoughts and a Russian battleship, the use of aircraft and zeppelins, and the most successful amphibious landing of WWI on the islands of Dago, Osel and Moon at the head of the Gulf of Riga. A History Book Club selection. The author teaches at The Citadel and spoke at our 2006 WFA seminar in Tampa.
Casualty Figures: How Five Men Survived the First World War
Casualty Figures: How Five Men Survived the First World War by Michèle Barrett ISBN: 1844672301
Published by Verso on April 17th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Veterans, Psychology, Psychopathology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Pages: 174
Len's Summary: An account of the psychological havoc of war inflicted on five British soldiers.
Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain’s Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918
Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918 by James Barr ISBN: 9780393335279
on July 6th 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Middle East, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 382
Len's Summary: Barr makes the point that the British were no more duplicitous that the Arabs, many of whose leaders (Hussein for example) maintained open lines of communications to the Turks up to the end of the war. Absent a unified Arab national movement, the British and French — the author argues — had no choice but to assume responsibility for the former Ottoman provinces.
Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Harper Barnes ISBN: 9780802715753
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on June 24th 2008
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, South, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 293
Len's Summary: History of the bloody 1917 East St. Louis, Illinois, riots against Black citizens, one of a series sparked in part by the migration of large numbers of unskilled African-American workers north in search of war work, which was not always available. East St. Louis continues to be haunted by the enormity of these events.
Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry, 1880 – 1918
Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry, 1880 - 1918 by Stephen Badsey ISBN: 9780754664673
Published by Ashgate Publishing on January 1st 2008
Pages: 360
Len's Summary: A scholarly analysis of the development of successful doctrine for horsed soldiers in the face of increasing firepower.
Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Twentieth-Century Europe
Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Twentieth-Century Europe by Nicholas Atkin ISBN: 0313336571
Published by Greenwood Press on August 1st 2008
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, Modern, 20th Century, Social History, Social Science, Sociology
Pages: 230
Len's Summary: Essays covering both issues and countries, including France in WWI, as well as the Spanish Civil War and World War Two.
A Shattered Peace: Versailles and the Peace We Pay Today
A Shattered Peace: Versailles and the Peace We Pay Today by David A. Andelman, Henry Kissinger ISBN: 1620459914
Published by Wiley on July 1st 2014
Pages: 336
Len's Summary: One of a recent series of popular pot boiler journalistic-style histories blaming most of world’s troubles on the Versailles Treaty. // An analysis linking current day international political woes to the Versailles treaty.
Kitchener’s Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War
Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War by Henry Allingham, Dennis Goodwin, HRH Prince Charles ISBN: 1845964160
Published by Mainstream Publishing on October 1st 2008
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Military, General, World War I, Political
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: Alingham served on land, at sea at Jutland and in the air with the Royal Naval Air Service.
The Ottoman Road to War in 1914: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War
The Ottoman Road to War in 1914: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War by Mustafa Aksakal ISBN: 9780521175258
Published by Cambridge University Press on December 9th 2010
Genres: History, Europe, General, Middle East, Military, World War I, World
Pages: 234
Len's Summary: A revisionist history of Ottoman “Young Turk” politics and policies leading to belligerency on the side of Germany.
Balfour: The Last Grandee
Balfour: The Last Grandee by R.J.Q. Adams ISBN: 0719554241
Published by John Murray on November 15th 2007
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, Presidents & Heads of State, History, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 496
Len's Summary: A biography Sir Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905, Lloyd George’s wartime Foreign Secretary, author of the declaration promising a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and British negotiator at the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference of 1921-22.
Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain’s Covert Empire in the Middle East
Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East by Priya Satia ISBN: 0199734801
Published by Oxford University Press on November 1st 2009
Genres: Political Science, General, Middle East, Great Britain, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Pages: 458
Len's Summary: Beyond Lawrence of Arabia: The interaction between culture and imperialism. // Scholarly critique of British imperialism as a paranoid and brutal arm of military policy with its roots in Edwardian England; questions the liberal underpinnings of imperial ideology. A cultural history of the interwar British imperial state.
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
