World War I category: 3312 books
by Pat Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
On 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo, a Bosnian Serb student shot the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The assassination plunged the world into a global conflict that was to scar human history and redefine the meaning of the word ‘war’.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand...
Somewhere Over There
The Letters, Diary, and Artwork of a World War I Corporal
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Decades before Americans became familiar with the term “embedded journalist,” a young cartoonist named Francis Webster embodied that role when he served as a volunteer infantryman during World War I. Using his skills as an illustrator, he documented firsthand the harsh realities of combat life...
by Captain John F. O’Kane USAF
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
What are the origins of tactical innovation in large, bureaucratic, military systems? This study will provide a detailed analysis of how the German Army in World War One took advantage of innovative tactical methods developed by their junior and non-commissioned officers (NCO) in the field. While...
The Ottoman Endgame
War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
An astonishing retelling of twentieth-century history from the Ottoman perspective, delivering profound new insights into World War I and the contemporary Middle East
Between 1911 and 1922, a series of wars would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, in which the central conflict,...
Fallen Soldiers
Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 1991
At the outbreak of the First World War, an entire generation of young men charged into battle for what they believed was a glorious cause. Over the next four years, that cause claimed the lives of some 13 million soldiers--more than twice the number killed in all the major wars from 1790 to 1914....
The Legacy of the Great War
Ninety Years On
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
In late 2007 and early 2008, world-renowned historians gathered in Kansas City for a series of public forums on World War I. Each of the five events focused on a particular topic and featured spirited dialogue between its prominent participants.
In spontaneous exchanges, the eminent scholars...
No Better Death
The Great War Diaries and Letters of William G. Malone
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Perhaps the greatest leader of men during the Gallipoli campaign, Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Malone was commanding officer of New Zealand’s Wellington Battalion at Gallipoli. Renowned for his humanity and his superb leadership, he played a key role in the successful assault on Chunuk Bair on 8 August...
by Peter Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
From the iconic to the intimate, each object is illustrated and accompanied by the story of its role within the war and its significance todayObjects allow us to reach out and touch the past and they play a living role in history today. Through them we can understand the experience of men and women...
by Ronald Pawly, Pierre Lierneux
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
While small in numbers, the Belgian Army played a vital role in World War 1 that is often overlooked. Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium, which led Britain to declare war in August 1914, should have been swift and fierce yet the unexpected heroic defence, against great odds, of Belgian fortresses,...
American Women in World War I
They Also Served
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2006
Interweaving personal stories with historical photos and background, this lively account documents the history of the more than 40,000 women who served in relief and military duty during World War I. Through personal interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, and memoirs, Lettie Gavin relates...
War's Waste
Rehabilitation in World War I America
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural response to the wounded, swiftly...
by Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg is a well-known figure to world history; the supreme war-lord of Germany for many years of the First World War and conservative figure-head of the post-war Germany. Although not of noble birth he rose through the ranks of the pre-war Prussian army, seeing much service...
by Stewart Ross
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In World War I, significant battles, treaties, conferences and other dramatic events during World War I are explored, including: the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand; the first Zeppelin raid on London; the sinking of the Lusitania; and the start of the Battle of the Somme.
German Submarine Warfare in World War I
The Onset of Total War at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
This compelling book explores Germany’s campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I, which marked the onset of total war at sea. Noted historian Lawrence Sondhaus shows how the undersea campaign, intended as an antidote to Britain’s more conventional blockade of German ports, ultimately...