{"id":135120,"date":"2014-08-11T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=135120"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:38:51","slug":"the-100th-anniversary-a-world-war-i-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=135120","title":{"rendered":"The 100th Anniversary: A World War I Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"

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August 1, 2014 marks the hundred year anniversary of the out break of World War I. The world wide tragedy that took the lives of millions, wounded and crippled millions more, and forever reshaped society has fascinated and horrified authors for ages. Here is a World War I reading list that attempts to give you a sampling of new and (sometimes) classical non-fiction on the war.<\/p>\n

Where it Begins<\/h4>\n

Not surprisingly, this being the beginning of the hundred year anniversary of a war that lasted four years, a lot of new books have come out recently reexamining the origins and opening \"1913\"days of the war. We also included the classic of this type of World War I non-fiction.<\/p>\n

1913: The Year Before the Storm<\/strong><\/a> by Florian Illies<\/p>\n

1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War<\/strong><\/a> by Charles Emmerson<\/p>\n

July 1914: Countdown to War<\/strong><\/a> by Sean McMeekin<\/p>\n

The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914<\/strong><\/a> by Margaret MacMillan.<\/p>\n

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War<\/strong><\/a> by Max Hastings.<\/p>\n

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 191<\/strong>4<\/a> by Christopher Clark.<\/p>\n

A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire<\/strong><\/a> by Geoffrey Wawro.<\/p>\n

The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began<\/strong><\/a> by Jack Beatty.<\/p>\n

The Guns of August<\/strong><\/a> by Barbara W. Tuchman<\/p>\n

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The Western Front\"hundred\"<\/h4>\n

The Western Front is the part of the war most people are familiar with. Static trench complexes running from the English Channel to the Alps, mass charges into machine guns, etc etc. Not\u00a0surprising there is quiet a bit in this area too. Here is just a sampling of it.<\/p>\n

The Western Front<\/strong><\/a> by Richard Holmes<\/p>\n

The Western Front Companion: The Complete Guide to How the Armies Fought for Four Devastating Years, 1914-1918<\/a> by<\/strong> Mark Adkin<\/p>\n

Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I<\/strong><\/a> by Nick Lloyd<\/p>\n

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918<\/strong><\/a> by David Stevenson.<\/p>\n

Attrition: The Great War on the Western Front, 1916<\/strong><\/a> by Robin Neillands.<\/p>\n

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The Eastern Front\"easter\"<\/h4>\n

This is a lesser known but extremely important part of the war since it directly lead to the Russian Revolution and Russia’s withdrawal from the war.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Front, 1914-1917<\/strong><\/a> by Norman Stone.<\/p>\n

Suicide of the Empires: The Battles on the Eastern Front, 1914-18<\/strong><\/a> by Alan Clark<\/p>\n

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The Middle East and Other Fronts<\/h4>\n

Everyone has heard of Lawrence of Arabia and here are a few of the newer biographies on him as well as views of the war in some it’s lesser known fronts.<\/p>\n

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East<\/strong><\/a> by Scott Anderson.\"lawrence\"<\/p>\n

Lawrence of Arabia: Mirage of a Desert War<\/strong><\/a> by Adrian Greaves<\/p>\n

Hell in the Holy Land: World War I in the Middle East<\/strong><\/a> by David R. Woodward<\/p>\n

Gallipoli<\/strong><\/a> by Peter Hart .<\/p>\n

World War I: The African Front<\/strong><\/a> by Edward Paice<\/p>\n

A Soldier on the Southern Front: The Classic Italian Memoir of World War I<\/strong><\/a> by Emilio Lussu<\/p>\n

The White War: Life and Death on the Italian front, 1915-1919<\/strong><\/a> by Mark Thompson<\/p>\n

America in the War\"york\"<\/h4>\n

The major European powers expended a lot of energy either trying to bring America in on their side or keeping them out. Many of the most recent books published on America in the war have focused on that process.<\/p>\n

Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany’s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America<\/strong><\/a> by Howard Blum.<\/p>\n

Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne<\/strong><\/a> by Douglas V. Mastriano<\/p>\n

The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War<\/strong><\/a> by Richard Rubin<\/p>\n

The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War I<\/strong><\/a> by Thomas Boghardt.<\/p>\n

Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America’s Entry into World War I<\/strong><\/a> by Justus D. Doenecke<\/p>\n

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The War in the Air and on the Sea<\/h4>\n

World War I was the first war to see significant use of air power. It also saw a great many advances in sea power as well.\"castles\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea<\/strong><\/a> by Robert K. Massie<\/p>\n

The Great War at Sea, 1914-1918<\/strong><\/a> by Richard Hough.<\/p>\n

The First Air War, 1914-1918<\/strong><\/a> by Lee Kennett.<\/p>\n

The Illustrated Red Baron: The Life and Times of Manfred von Richthofen<\/strong><\/a> by Peter Kilduff.<\/p>\n

Hero of the Angry Sky: The World War I Diary and Letters of David S. Ingalls, America’s First Naval Ace<\/strong><\/a> by Geoffrey L. Rossano<\/p>\n

Every Day Life in the Trenches and at Home<\/h4>\n

Daily life both in the trenches and at home is a fascinating part of the war that many today have a hard time comprehending.<\/p>\n

Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I<\/strong><\/a> by John Ellis\"freedom\"<\/p>\n

Daily Life During World War I<\/strong><\/a> by Neil M. Heyman<\/p>\n

Home Front, 1914-1918: How Britain Survived the Great War<\/strong><\/a> by Ian F.W. Beckett.<\/p>\n

Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I<\/strong><\/a> by Ann Bausum<\/p>\n

Civilians in a World at War, 1914-1918<\/strong><\/a> by Tammy M. Proctor<\/p>\n

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