To the Line of Fire: Mexican Texans and World War I by José A. Ramírez ISBN: 9781603441360
Published by Texas A&M University Press on October 5th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Studies
Pages: 191
Len's Summary: An examination of mixed Mexican reactions to the war and veterans efforts to overcome discrimination in the post war era.
The Rise of Militarism in the Progressive Era, 1900-1914
The Rise of Militarism in the Progressive Era, 1900-1914 by Roger Possner ISBN: 9780786444182
Published by McFarland & Company on June 13th 2009
Genres: History, United States, 19th Century, Political Science, Political Ideologies, General
Pages: 252
Len's Summary: How the War Department and Army worked to build a martial spirit among the American people.
Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917
Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917 by Jeff Patrick ISBN: 1603440968
Published by Texas A&M University Press on February 10th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Personal Memoirs, History, Military, United States, State & Local, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Studies
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: This memoir offers a look at a professional soldier’s life and attitudes in the early 20th century.
The Best Small-Boat Seamen in the Navy
The Best Small-Boat Seamen in the Navy by W. David Parsons, Ean Parsons ISBN: 9780980936940
Published by DRC on 2009
Pages: 244
Len's Summary: Newfoundlanders in the Royal Navy during WWI. Available from info@drcpublishingnl.com.
Pilgrimage: A guide to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in World War One
Pilgrimage: A guide to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in World War One by W. David Parsons ISBN: 9781895387407
Published by Creative Publishers on 2009
Pages: 205
Len's Summary: The author is chairman of the Newfoundland Branch of WFA. Available form the publisher at info@drcpublishingnl.com.
The Whole Armour of God: Anglican Army Chaplains in the Great War
The Whole Armour of God: Anglican Army Chaplains in the Great War by Linda Parker ISBN: 1906033420
Published by Helion & Company on October 1st 2009
Pages: 112
Len's Summary: Attempts to judge the sometimes maligned service of chaplains by the ideals and standards of their time.
The Morbid Age: Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation, 1919 – 1939
The Morbid Age: Britain Between the Wars by Richard Overy ISBN: 9780141003252
Published by Penguin Adult on May 7th 2009
Genres: History, General, Great Britain
Pages: 544
Len's Summary: A prize-winning British historian looks at the sense of dread, a presentiment of impending disaster, which seized England in the interwar years. Favorably reviewed in the Economist.
Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill: How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era
Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill: How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era by Stephen R. Ortiz ISBN: 9780814762684
Published by NYU Press on April 1st 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Veterans, Literary Criticism, Semiotics & Theory, Psychology, General
Pages: 268
Len's Summary: Closer look at two major American veteran’s organizations The American Legion and The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) helped shape post-WWI politics.
The Atlas of Kaunas Fortress
The Atlas of Kaunas Fortress by Vladimir Orlov, Karo Paveldo Centras ISBN: 978 9955 30 080 0
Published by Arx Baltica on 2009
Pages: 68
Len's Summary: A series of concrete and steel reinforced forts, artillery and infantry emplacements, barracks and warehouses guarding the border with Prussia and key Russian rail lines begun in 1885 and modernized from 1912. Kaunas, now in Lithuania, is a former capital of that nation. Drawn largely from Russian archives.
Digging Up Plugstreet: The Archeology of a Great War Battlefield
Digging Up Plugstreet: The Archaeology of a Great War Battlefield by Richard Osgood, Martin Brown ISBN: B012HV1Y4A
Published by J H Haynes & Co on August 2009
Pages: 224
Len's Summary: Digging up the battlefield at Ploegsteert, Belgium, south of Ypres to unearth the story of the men of the 3rd Australian Division.
Ford in the Service of America: Mass Production for the Military During the World Wars
Ford in the Service of America: Mass Production for the Military During the World Wars by Timothy J. O'Callaghan ISBN: 9780786444854
Published by McFarland & Company on August 31st 2009
Genres: Business & Economics, Corporate & Business History, History, Military, World War I, World War II, United States, 20th Century, Transportation, Automotive, General
Pages: 198
Len's Summary: The history of Ford Motor Company’s products and achievements during two world wars.
The Hell They Called High Wood: The Somme 1916
The Hell They Called High Wood: The Somme 1916 by Terry Norman ISBN: 9780850529869
Published by Leo Cooper on June 30th 2003
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Study of a bloody series of battles at a focal point of the Somme Campaign of 1916.
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter’s Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home by Peter Nelson ISBN: 9780465003174
Published by Basic Books on 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, African American Studies, United States
Pages: 291
Len's Summary: A new history of the celebrated 369th Infantry, a segregated New York National Guard outfit recruited almost exclusively from Harlem. A History Book Club selection.
The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War
The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War by James Carl Nelson ISBN: 9780312650414
Published by Macmillan on September 28th 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 400
Len's Summary: A tale of battle and the search for the legacy of the author’s Doughboy grandfather. Available in November 2009. // Follows the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, First Division from enlistment to combat at Cantigny, St. Mihiel and The Meuse-Argonne.
A Technical & Operational History of the Liberty Engine: Tanks, Ships and Aircraft 1917-1960
A Technical & Operational History of the Liberty Engine: Tanks, Ships and Aircraft 1917-1960 by Robert J. Neal ISBN: 9781580071499
Published by Specialty Press on January 5th 2009
Genres: History, Military, Aviation
Pages: 616
Len's Summary: An engine that went from concept to delivery in six months, the modular design of the Liberty was a success that survived for decades.
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy ISBN: 9780545130493
Published by Scholastic Press on October 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Juvenile Nonfiction, Military & Wars, Social Issues, Friendship
Pages: 116
Len's Summary: More on the 1914 Christmas Truce on the Western Front
American Military Vehicles of World War I: An Illustrated History of Armored Cars, Staff Cars, Motorcycles, Ambulances, Trucks, Tractors and Tanks
American Military Vehicles of World War I: An Illustrated History of Armored Cars, Staff Cars, Motorcycles, Ambulances, Trucks, Tractors and Tanks by Albert Mroz ISBN: 0786439602
Published by McFarland & Company on August 24th 2009
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, Technology & Engineering, Military Science, Transportation, Automotive
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: Useful reference work.
Zeppelin over Suffolk: The Final Raid of L48
Zeppelin over Suffolk: The Final Raid of L48 by Mark Mower ISBN: 9781844157372
Published by Pen and Sword on June 25th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: Good, brief work on a popular subject on the L48’s fatal raid of June 17, 1917.
The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918
The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger ISBN: 0297852817
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on March 3rd 2009
Pages: 288
Len's Summary: The fateful day Ludendorff became convinced the German army was beaten. // Ninetieth anniversary analysis of the August 1918 break- through at Amiens which opened the victorious “100 days” ending World War I. The mixed arms attack of the British 4th Army also included troops from Australia, Canada and America.
The War on Hospital Ships, 1914-1918
The War on Hospital Ships, 1914-1918 by Stephen McGreal ISBN: 1844158586
Published by Pen & Sword Books on April 1st 2009
Pages: 272
Len's Summary: German submarine sinkings of unarmed hospital ships outraged the American, British and French publics and caused the UK to paint hospital ships in drab colors, defensively arm and sail them in protected convoys. // German sinkings of Entente hospital ships detailed.
Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps
Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps by James McCudden ISBN: 1935149105
Published by Casemate on October 1st 2009
Pages: 304
Len's Summary: Autobiography of a British aero ace with 57 victories and winner of the Victoria Cross.
14-18. Les Refus de la Guerre: Une histoire des mutins
14-18. Les Refus de la Guerre: Une histoire des mutins by André Loez ISBN: 9782070355235
Published by Gallimard on January 28th 1010
Genres: History, Europe, France
Pages: 690
Len's Summary: An entry into the continuing French political dispute over the nature of the 1917 French Army mutinies that helps make WWI a perennial flash point between the French anti-war left and right-wing conservatives.
A German Officer During the Armenian Genocide: A Biography of Max Von Scheubner-Richter
A German Officer During the Armenian Genocide: A Biography of Max Von Scheubner-Richter by Paul Leverkuehn, Hilmar Kaiser ISBN: 9781903656815
Published by Gomidas Institute on February 4th 2009
Genres: Armenians, Turkey, Biography & Autobiography
Pages: 153
Len's Summary: The biography first published in 1938 of a German Vice Consul at Erzerum and Bitlis during the Armenian genocide. Von Scheubner, a founder of the Nazi Party, was killed in Hitler’s failed Munich Putsch of 1923, found racism at the root of Ottoman persecution of Armenians.
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I
Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I by Adriane Lentz-Smith ISBN: 0674062051
on September 1st 2011
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 318
Len's Summary: World War I viewed as a watershed moment in the evolving civil rights struggle in America.
Gas Attacks: Ypres, 1915
Gas Attacks: Ypres, 1915 by John Lee ISBN: 9781844159291
on June 18th 2009
Pages: 192
Len's Summary: A new book on the first German use of poison gas.
Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood
Armed Progressive: General Leonard Wood by Jack C. Lane ISBN: 0803226586
Published by Bison Books on December 1st 2009
Pages: 352
Len's Summary: A new biography of an American imperialist, Harvard Medical School graduate and political collaborator of Teddy Roosevelt who rose to be Army Chief of Staff, Governor General in Cuba and the Philippines and presidential wannabe. Also a available from Nebraska is Chasing Geronimo: The Journal of Leonard Wood, May-September 1886, Lack C. Lane (ed.), 176 pages, photos, map, ISBN 978 0 8032 2527 5, $14.96 paperback. Wood, then an Army contract surgeon, won the Medal of Honor for helping capture Apache chief Geronimo.
Black Fokker Leader: The First World War’s Last Airfighter Knight
Black Fokker Leader: The First World War’s Last Airfighter Knight by Peter Kilduff ISBN: 9781906502287
Published by Casemate Publishers on May 1st 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 256
Len's Summary: Wartime exploits of an all-but-forgotten German ace; Kilduff’s 13th book on WWI aviation. // The story of German ace Carl Degelow and his squadron of mostly Fokker D-VII recounted by a premier aviation historian.
Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War
Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War by Anton Kaes ISBN: 9780691008509
Published by Princeton University Press on October 2nd 2011
Genres: Art, Film & Video, History, Europe, General, Germany, Performing Arts, Social Science
Pages: 328
Len's Summary: Weimar Republic culture and the wounds of war. // Interpretative history of Weimar-era German cinema and how it reflected the memory of The Great War.
Untold War: New Perspectives in First World War Studies
Untold War: New Perspectives in First World War Studies by Heather Jones, Jennifer O'brien, Christoph Schmidt-supprian ISBN: 9004166599
Published by Brill Academic Publishers on June 4th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, General, Essays
Pages: 452
Len's Summary: Scholarly essays re-examining the global civil and military impact of the conflict; how the war changed societies. Contributors include prize-winning historians Alan Kramer and Dan Todman, with an introduction by John Horne. (I will be reviewing this for Stand To!) //Essays covering diverse themes such as combat, occupation, civil identity, juvenile delinquency, chaplains, art and remembrance across several countries: Germany, France, Britain, colonial Africa, Belgium and Romania. Fourth in the series of edited proceedings from conferences sponsored by the International Society for First World War Studies. Other titles are Uncovered Fields, Warfare and Belligerence, and Untold War.
Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture
Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture by Pearl James ISBN: 9780803226104
Published by University of Nebraska Press on January 1st 2010
Genres: Art, History, Prints, Military, World War I
Pages: 398
Len's Summary: The war years marked the high water mark of the mass-produced poster. Essays by Jay Winter and Jennifer Keene among others reveal the impact of this art form on contemporary popular understanding of the conflict.
Living with Enza: The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918
Living with Enza: The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918 by Mark Honigsbaum ISBN: 9780230217744
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on February 3rd 2009
Genres: Health & Fitness, Diseases, Contagious, History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century, Medical, Infectious Diseases, Science
Pages: 237
Len's Summary: The story of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 in which over a quarter of a million died in the UK and another three million in British India.
The A to Z of World War I
The A to Z of World War I by Ian V. Hogg ISBN: 9780810868625
Published by Scarecrow Press on September 15th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Reference
Pages: 322
Len's Summary: A new survey history from an imprint known for its historical dictionaries.
A Fleet to be Forgotten: The Wooden Freighters of World War One
A Fleet to be Forgotten: The Wooden Freighters of World War One by Louis A. Hough Published by San Francisco Maritime History Press on 2009
Pages: 343
Len's Summary: The U. S. Shipping Board ordered 393 wooden hulled (yellow pine or Douglas fir) steam freighters in an emergency effort to replace mounting U-boat losses, but only a few of them saw service before the conflict ended. Most soon ended up in ships graveyards such as Curtis Creek off Chesapeake Bay; only a handful survived into the 1930s.
The Best of Fragments from France by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather
The Best of Fragments from France by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather by Bruce Bairnsfather, Valmai Holt, Tonie Holt ISBN: 1848841698
Published by Pen & Sword Books on June 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Comic Strips & Cartoons
Pages: 160
Len's Summary: Cartoons from the famous British WWI officer who created the characters Old Bill, Bert and Alf, forerunners of Carl Mauldin’s WWII GIs Willie and Joe.
Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France
Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France by William C. Harvey, Avery Wolfe ISBN: 1932033947
Published by Casemate Publishers on December 2009
Pages: 240
Len's Summary: The diary and letters of Avery Royce Wolfe recounting his service as a volunteer ambulance driver with the American Field Service near Verdun and with French occupation forces in the Rhineland from June 1917 to April 1919. Excellent photos taken by Avery Wolfe illustrate this volume. // Letters of a volunteer ambulance driver in the French army at Verdun and during the Ludendorff offensives of 1918. // Letters of an American volunteer ambulance driver in the French Army.
Aces Falling: War Above the Trenches, 1918
Aces Falling: War Above the Trenches, 1918 by Peter Hart ISBN: 9780753824078
Published by Phoenix on January 6th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 386
Len's Summary: Dogfighting, bombing and sudden death.
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front by Peter Hart ISBN: 1605980811
Published by Pegasus Books on March 1st 2010
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain, Germany
Pages: 624
Len's Summary: Popular British historian Hart argues that the Somme battle was hardly senseless and that its participants were by no means “helpless victims.” Hart is also the author of many other books on the WWI era including A Very British Victory, Aces Falling and Bloody April.
Cambrai 1917: The Myth of the First Great Tank Battle
Cambrai 1917: The Myth of the First Great Tank Battle by Bryn Hammond ISBN: 9780297845539
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on November 4th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Great Britain
Pages: 500
Len's Summary: The author asserts that that innovative artillery tactics, not tanks (400 of them), were responsible for short-lived British successes at Cambrai. // The author sees the battle as a draw, but a nonetheless useful lesson leading toward more mobile warfare.
Doughboy War: The American Expeditionary Force in World War I
Doughboy War: The American Expeditionary Force in World War I by James H. Hallas ISBN: 9780811734677
Published by Stackpole Books on January 19th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, World War II, United States, Essays
Pages: 347
Len's Summary: Essays on the AEF experience.
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler by Thomas Hager ISBN: 9780307351791
Published by Three Rivers Press on August 18th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Science & Technology, Science, General
Pages: 316
Len's Summary: The story of German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch who developed a process for synthesizing and mass producing ammonia from hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen. The invention was used to replace natural nitrates as the base for fertilizer and explosives, fueling Germany’s 1914-1918 war effort. Haber also helped develop Germany’s poison gas capabilities. The author is a science and health writer.
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
