Suvla: August Offensive – Gallipoli

Suvla: August Offensive – GallipoliSuvla: August Offensive - Gallipoli by Stephen Chambers
ISBN: 9781848845435
Published by Pen and Sword on February 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Middle East, Turkey & Ottoman Empire
Pages: 250

Len's Summary: Battle analysis and tour guide wrapped into one volume. -- Story of a mismanaged initially unopposed landing that led only to stalemate.

1914-1918 – An Eyewitness to War

1914-1918 – An Eyewitness to War1914-1918 - An Eyewitness to War by Bob Carruthers
ISBN: 9781781581346
on June 15th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Veterans, Essays, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 300

Len's Summary: A collection of essays from the participants. -- Four recollections from primary sources reflecting little-known aspects of the conflict.

Big Gun Monitors: Design, Construction and Operations 1914-1945

Big Gun Monitors: Design, Construction and Operations 1914-1945Big Gun Monitors: Design, Construction and Operations 1914-1945 by Ian Buxton
ISBN: 9781848321243
Published by Pen & Sword Books on January 1st 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War II, World War I, Naval
Pages: 256

Len's Summary: Designed and built specifically to provide heavy, shore bombardment particularly along the Flanders coast, these ships were also employed in WWII. A revision and update of a 1978 work. // The Royal Navy designed the first of these unusual vessels in late 1914 to bombard German coastal emplacements in Flanders. The earliest models mounted Bethlehem Steel 14-inch inch guns and turrets.

British Battleships of World War One

British Battleships of World War OneBritish Battleships of World War One by R. A. Burt
ISBN: 9781591140535
Published by Naval Institute Press on November 15th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Naval, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding
Pages: 352

Len's Summary: Revised edition of an excellent and detailed reference work.

American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza EpidemicAmerican Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic by Nancy K. Bristow
ISBN: 9780199811342
Published by Oxford University Press on April 30th 2012
Genres: History, United States, State & Local, General, Modern, 20th Century, South, Medical, Public Health
Pages: 280

Len's Summary: The global flu pandemic of 1918-1920 sickened mainly young adults killed some 50 million people, half a million in America alone, shaking new-found confidence in medicine and having a profound effect on society.

Salute of Guns

Salute of GunsSalute of Guns by Donald Boyd
ISBN: 1848848501
Published by Pen & Sword Military on October 1st 2012
Genres: History, Military, Weapons, World War I, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 235

Len's Summary: Memoir of a British artillerist who, commissioned in the Territorial Force, served on the front lines from 1915 to 1918.

The Edwardian Army: Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914

The Edwardian Army: Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914The Edwardian Army: Manning, Training, and Deploying the British Army, 1902-1914 by Timothy Bowman
ISBN: 0199542783
Published by Oxford University Press on September 26th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century, Military, General
Pages: 288

Len's Summary: The shock of the Boer War led to massive reform in the British Army increasing its readiness, but not necessarily preparing it for The Great War

Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I

Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War IMilitarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I by Dirk Bönker
ISBN: 9780801450402
Published by Cornell University Press on March 6th 2012
Genres: History, Military, Naval, World War I, United States, 20th Century
Pages: 421

Len's Summary: Argues that a common militarism existed in Germany and America where naval elites shared similar outlooks and goals.

The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War I

The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War IThe Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America's Entry into World War I by Thomas Boghardt
ISBN: 1612511481
Published by US Naval Institute Press on October 15th 2012
Pages: 319

Len's Summary: The author contends that Zimmerman’s telegram was a spontaneous initiative, not part of an overall German strategy. In America, he asserts, it proved divisive, alienating isolationists, pacifists, and lawmakers.

Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918

Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918 by Jonathan Boff
ISBN: 9781107449022
Published by Cambridge University Press on November 20th 2014
Genres: History, Military, General, Europe, Great Britain, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 310

Len's Summary: The final 100 days’ battles drawing on British and German archival material.

Images of War: The Germans in Flanders in 1914 – Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Images of War: The Germans in Flanders in 1914 – Rare Photographs from Wartime ArchivesImages of War: The Germans in Flanders in 1914 – Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by David Bilton
ISBN: 9781848846500
Published by Pen and Sword on June 5th 2013
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Illustrated
Pages: 176

Len's Summary: First in a planned series

Naval Warfare, 1914-1918: From Coronel to the Atlantic and Zeebrugge

Naval Warfare, 1914-1918: From Coronel to the Atlantic and ZeebruggeNaval Warfare, 1914-1918: From Coronel to the Atlantic and Zeebrugge by Gary Sheffield, Tim Benbow
ISBN: 1906626057
Published by Amber Books on October 10th 2008
Pages: 224

Len's Summary: A survey history of the war at sea.

Churchill and Sea Power

Churchill and Sea PowerChurchill and Sea Power by Christopher M. Bell
ISBN: 9780199693573
Published by OUP Oxford on October 25th 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Military, History, Europe, Great Britain, General, World War I, World War II, Naval, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 429

Len's Summary: Analysis of Churchill’s controversial role in as political head of the Royal Navy in two world wars.

The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began

The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War BeganThe Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began by Jack Beatty
ISBN: 9780802778116
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on February 14th 2012
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, World
Pages: 392

Len's Summary: A History Book Club Selection. The author argues that WWI was by no means inevitable, mapping five possible paths that lead away from war.

A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle That Shaped the Middle East

A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle That Shaped the Middle EastA Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle That Shaped the Middle East by James Barr
ISBN: 9781847394576
Published by Simon & Schuster on April 26th 2012
Genres: History, General, Middle East
Pages: 454

Len's Summary: Starting with the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, the author traces Anglo-French rivalries in and around the Levant through the 1940s.

Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero

Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor HeroScarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero by John Lewis Barkley
ISBN: 9780700620197
Published by University Press of Kansas on August 15th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 268

Len's Summary: First published in 1930 as No Hard Feelings by a veteran infantryman of the Fourth Regiment, Third Division.

Field Grey Uniforms of the Imperial German Army, 1907-1918

Field Grey Uniforms of the Imperial German Army, 1907-1918Field Grey Uniforms of the Imperial German Army, 1907-1918 by Michael Baldwin, Malcolm Fisher
ISBN: 0764340336
Published by Schiffer Publishing on May 1st 2012
Genres: History, Military, General, Illustrated, Germany
Pages: 271

Len's Summary: The book presents profuse illustrations and reflects Schiffer’s usual attention to detail; for the collector of uniforms.

Hell’s Observer: The Epic World War 1 Journal of Private William J. Graham, American Expeditionary Forces

Hell’s Observer: The Epic World War 1 Journal of Private William J. Graham, American Expeditionary ForcesHell's Observer: The Epic World War 1 Journal of Private William J. Graham, American Expeditionary Forces by William J. Graham, C. Stephen Badgley, Bruce A. Jarvis
ISBN: 0985440317
Published by Badgley Publishing Company on April 1st 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Personal Memoirs, United States
Pages: 292

Len's Summary: Memoir of a Philadelphia mounted policemen who fought with the 103rd Military Police Battalion, 28th Division.

Karl Hanssen’s Samoan War Diaries, August 1914-May 1915: A German Perspective on New Zealand’s Military Occupation of German Samoa

Karl Hanssen’s Samoan War Diaries, August 1914-May 1915: A German Perspective on New Zealand’s Military Occupation of German SamoaKarl Hanssen's Samoan War Diaries, August 1914-May 1915: A German Perspective on New Zealand's Military Occupation of German Samoa by James N. Bade
ISBN: 363163174X
Published by Peter Lang on December 30th 2011
Genres: Germany, History
Pages: 266

Len's Summary: One of a very few works on the loss of German Pacific colonies; written by a resident German copra trader.

Martin Heidegger and the First World War: Being and Time as Funeral Oration

Martin Heidegger and the First World War: Being and Time as Funeral OrationMartin Heidegger and the First World War: Being and Time as Funeral Oration by William H. F. Altman
ISBN: 9781498516259
Published by Lexington Books on March 25th 2015
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Philosophy, History & Surveys, Modern
Pages: 350

Len's Summary: An examination of Heidegger’s theories against the background of The Great War.

The Young Turks’ Crime against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire

The Young Turks’ Crime against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman EmpireThe Young Turks' Crime against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire by Taner Akçam
ISBN: 9780691159560
Published by Princeton University Press on August 1st 2013
Genres: History, Modern, 20th Century, Middle East, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Political Science, Human Rights, Social Science, Violence in Society
Pages: 483

Len's Summary: A documentation of the 1915 genocide voceforously denied by a succession of Turkish governments. See also A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Responsibility, Pacador, 2007 by the same author. Another of a growing number of books appearing as the centennial of the Armenian massacres approaches.

An Improbable War? The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914

An Improbable War? The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914An Improbable War? The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914 by Holger Afflerbach, David Stevenson
ISBN: 9780857453105
Published by Berghahn Books on January 1st 2012
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, Essays
Pages: 365

Len's Summary: Essays provide a new look at cause and effect. First published in hard cover in 2007. -- A valuable addition to the debate on the causes on The Great War. // A new scholarly look at causes of The Great War edited by the author of Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe 1904-1914, Oxford, 1996.

Float Planes and Flying Boats: The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval Aviation

Float Planes and Flying Boats: The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval AviationFloat Planes & Flying Boats: The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval Aviation by Robert B. Workman Jr.
ISBN: 1612511074
Published by US Naval Institute Press on July 15th 2012
Pages: 322

Len's Summary: Few remember that the U.S. Coast Guard air crew participated in the first-ever transatlantic flight (by Curtiss flying boats) in 1919.

Knights in Canvas: The Aviation Art of James Dietz

Knights in Canvas: The Aviation Art of James DietzKnights in Canvas by Jim WilbergJack Herris
ISBN: 9781935881049
Published by Aeronaut Books on 2012
Pages: 174

Len's Summary: Chapters by several contributors including Jon Guttman and Greg Van Wyngarden.

Army of the Sky: Russian Military Aviation before the Great War, 1904-1914

Army of the Sky: Russian Military Aviation before the Great War, 1904-1914Army of the Sky by Gregory Vitarbo
ISBN: 9781433114908
Published by Peter Lang on 2012-01
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, Aviation, Transportation
Pages: 256

Len's Summary: By 1914, Russian military aviation was about on a par with other European nations, but almost entirely dependent on foreign equipment.

Airway to the East 1918-1920

Airway to the East 1918-1920Airway to the East 1918-1920 by Clive Semple
ISBN: 9781848846579
Published by Casemate Publishers on 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 244

Len's Summary: A recounting of the failed attempt to develop a quicker way to move military aircraft to the Middle East theater of operations.

DH2 vs Albatross DI-DII Western Front 1916

DH2 vs Albatross DI-DII Western Front 1916Dh 2 Vs Albatros D I/D II by James Miller
ISBN: 9781849087049
Published by Osprey Publishing on 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Europe, Great Britain, Aviation
Pages: 80

Len's Summary: Technical details of two successful German pursuit aircraft. Like all Osprey books, this one is profusely illustrated in color and black and white.

Into the Sun: Novels of the United States Airforce

Into the Sun by Phillip S. Meilinger
ISBN: 1879176475
Published by Imprint on December 31st 2011
Pages: 241

Len's Summary: One chapter on WWI novels; the rest of the book deals mainly with WWII.

No Empty Chairs

No Empty ChairsNo Empty Chairs by Ian Mackersey
ISBN: 9780297859956
Published by Orion Publishing Group on May 10th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I
Pages: 288

Len's Summary: How British airmen of WWI lived and died. “No empty chairs” refers to the policy of immediately replacing missing aviators.

Open Cockpit

Open CockpitOpen Cockpit by Arthur Gould Lee
ISBN: 9781908117250
Published by Grub Street on May 31st 2012
Pages: 224

Len's Summary: Reprint of a classic study (first published in 1965) by a British soldier who became an RFC pilot. Available from Casemate Publishing. // Memoir of a British air ace first published in 1969.

Russian Aces of World War I

Russian Aces of World War IRussian Aces of World War 1 by Victor Kulikov
ISBN: 9781780960593
Published by Osprey Publishing on 2013
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation, Europe, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Pages: 96

Len's Summary: Thirteen Russian aces flew a variety of pursuit types including SPADs and Nieuports.

German Seaplane Fighters of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes (Volume 2)

German Seaplane Fighters of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes (Volume 2)German Seaplane Fighters of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes: 2 by Jack Herris, Aaron Weaver, Steve Anderson, Bob Pearson, Martin Digmayer, Colin Owers
ISBN: 9781935881094
Published by Aeronaut Books on 2012
Pages: 150

Len's Summary: The origin and evolution of each class of fighter, including flying boats, of the German fleet.

Development of German Warplanes in WWI – A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes and Seaplanes

Development of German Warplanes in WWI – A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes and SeaplanesDevelopment of German Warplanes in WWI by Jack Herris
ISBN: 9781935881087
Published by Aeronaut Books on 2012
Pages: 148

Len's Summary: Profuse information on German airframes and aero engines; destined to become a standard reference and research tool.

Somme Success: The Royal Flying Corps and the Battle of the Somme 1916

Somme Success: The Royal Flying Corps and the Battle of the Somme 1916Somme Success by Peter Hart
ISBN: 9781848848825
Published by Pen & Sword Books Limited on June 30th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Great Britain, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 223

Len's Summary: Another dimension of the Somme battles by an established British historian.

Sopwith Camel

Sopwith CamelSopwith Camel by Jon Guttman
ISBN: 9781780961767
Published by Osprey Publishing on 2012
Genres: History, Military, Aviation, World War I
Pages: 64

Len's Summary: Includes technical specifications and combat history. Guttman is a prolific American aviation author and editor.

Naval Aces of World War I – Part 2

Naval Aces of World War I – Part 2Naval Aces of World War 1 Part 2 by Jon Guttman, Harry Dempsey
ISBN: 9781849086646
Published by Osprey Publishing on May 8th 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation
Pages: 96

Len's Summary: Takes over where part one left off covering Germany, Greece, Russia, Austro-Hungary, Italy and, briefly, the US, a late entrant into the conflict. Major attention paid to the highly successful German float planes.

The Blue Max Airmen: German Airmen Awarded the Pour le Mérite

The Blue Max Airmen: German Airmen Awarded the Pour le MériteThe Blue Max Airmen by Lance Joseph Bronnenkant
ISBN: 9781935881063
Published by Aeronaut Books on 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Aviation, Transportation
Pages: 112

Len's Summary: Volume one covers Boelcke and Immelmann; volume two covers Buddeke, Wintgens and von Mulzer with biographies of each. The author also published Imperial German Eagles in World War I (Schiffer) in two volumes.

A Naval History of World War I

A Naval History of World War INaval History of World War I by Paul G. Halpern
ISBN: 1557503524
Published by US Naval Institute Press on April 15th 2012
Genres: World War I, Naval, Battle History
Pages: 616

Len's Summary: A comprehensive one-volume treatment of the important war at sea.

Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War

Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World WarPlanning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War by Nicholas A. Lambert
ISBN: 9780674063068
Published by Harvard University Press on January 1st 2012
Genres: History, Military, World War II, Strategy, Business & Economics, Economic History
Pages: 662

Len's Summary: Before the war, the Admiralty conceived an economic warfare campaign deploying Britain’s virtual monopolies in banking, communications and merchant shipping as additional weapons against Germany. These weapons proved decisive. This book received the World War One Historical Association's annual Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr., prize for the best work of history in English on World War One (1914-1918) for 2013. Professor Lambert is a Visiting Affiliate Professor at the University of Maryland. His book, 'Sir John Fisher’s Naval Revolution' (1999) won the Tomlinson 2000 prize.