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Paris
1919:
Six Months that Changed the World
by Margaret Macmillan
Virtually
all historians agree that the Versailles Peace
Conference was a monumental failure that set the
stage for the outbreak of World War II. However,
there is no consensus regarding the causes of that
failure. Macmillan studies in depth the conference
and its failure. |
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Great War 1914-1918
by Spencer Tucker
An
excellent overview of World War I. |
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The
Pity of War
by Niall Ferguson A
controversial work which asserts that Britain's response
to Germany turned a small war into a world war. |
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The
First World War
by John Keegan A
a comprehensive account of World War I by the noted historian - a military history approach |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
by Hew Strachan
Nearly two dozen essays on a range of subjects, including the military strategies of the Allies and the Central Powers, the war at sea, economic mobilization, politics on the home front, and the peace settlement. |
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An
Illustrated History of the First World War
by John Keegan
The
many photographs taken during World War I aid in understanding
this puzzling war which changed forever the idea of
war |
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Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I
by John Ellis
This book tells the story of the everyday life of the soldier in the trenches. The title of the book comes from the poet Ezra Pound, who wrote an epitaph for the soldiers who survived and died on the mud caked battlefields. |
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The
Great War and the Twentieth Century
edited by Jay Winter An
anthology of essays dealing with issues still surrounding
the Great War. |
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War: A History of World War I in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There
by Max Arthur
An excellent collection of personal accounts of World War I. "The testimonies are vivid and many are compelling. They are gruesome and dark in places, with no holds barred when it comes to describing wounds and horrors at the front ... everyone who loves oral history will enjoy the often harrowing accounts contained in this book."--History Today
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The
Road to Verdun: Nationalism and the Folly of World War
I's Most Momentous Battle
by Ian Ousby
This
ten-month struggle over a few kilometers of land still
has the power to astound us. The Battle of Verdun took
a quarter of a million French and German lives and achieved
nothing. The willingness of generals to send human fodder
against entrenched machine guns was as barbaric as it
was futile. |
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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I: Over 280 First-Hand Accounts of the War to End All Wars
by John Lewis
A wealth of primary source first hand accounts of World War I |
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The
Great Influenza:
The Epic Story of the Deadliest
Plague In History
by John M. Barry
The
flu epidemic killed 40 million people on the heels
of the great devastation of World War I. This best-selling
and critically acclaimed book tells the fascinating
story. |
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World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others (Unabridged)
ed. by Candace Ward
World War I poetry is some of the most moving in Western literature |
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Dramatization
Gallipoli
Critically
acclaimed film about the ill-fated Gallipoli invasion.
Directed by Peter Weir, starring Mel Gibson. An excellent
film.
1981
Rated PG |
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All
Quiet on the Western Front
by
Erich Remarque
Perhaps
the best anti-war novel ever written - important
reading for an understanding of this and every
other war. The book was banned by Adolph Hitler
because of its realistic portrayal of a war
that Germany lost.
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The
Guns of August
by Barbara Tuchman
A
classic treatment of the opening days of the
first world war.
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The
Collected Poetry of Wilfred Owen
Perhaps
the greatest of the World War I poets |
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