World War I category: 3312 books
The Hidden Perspective
The Military Conversations 1906-1914
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
In 1905, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey agreed to speak secretly with his French counterparts about sending a British expeditionary force to France in the event of a German attack. Neither Parliament nor the rest of the Cabinet was informed. The Hidden Perspective takes readers back to these...
by H. G. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
This volume contains a series of predictions made by H. G. Wells as to the ramifications of World War I, covering such areas as politics, economics, border changes, education, media, law, and more. Contents include: “Forecasting The Future”, “The End Of The War”, “Nations In Liquidation”,...
Scotland and the First World War
Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Bannockburn
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First...
by Leonard Markham
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
During World War One, the city of Coventry was a powerhouse that kept the barrels loaded and the engines of war purring. An industrial giant, Coventry produced munitions by the million and built tanks, aircraft and fighting vehicles of every description. It never slept.
Coventry in the Great...
The Lafayette Escadrille
A Photo History of the First American Fighter Squadron
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
The Lafayette Escadrille was an all-volunteer squadron of Americans who flew for France during World War I. One hundred years later, it is still arguably the best-known fighter squadron ever to take to the skies. In this work the entire history of these gallant volunteers—who named themselves after...
Conscientious Objectors of the First World War
A Determined Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
The story of conscientious objection in Britain begins in 1916, when conscription was introduced for the first time. Some 16,000 men — the first conscientious objectors — refused conscription because they believed on grounds of conscience that it was wrong to kill and wrong of any government to...
by Martin Pegler
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers,...
African Colonial Prisoners of the Germans
A Pictorial History of Captive Soldiers in the World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Through both World Wars, young African conscripts from Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, the Congo and elsewhere found themselves fighting for their colonial rulers, facing unknown enemies in unknown lands. German soldiers regarded their African enemies with a mixture of curiosity and malice, sometimes posing...
War Experiences in Rural Germany
1914-1923
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
World War I was a uniquely devastating total war that surpassed all previous conflicts for its destruction. But what was the reality like on the ground, for both the soldiers on the front-lines and the women on the homefront?
Drawing on intimate firsthand accounts in diaries and letters, 'War...
Tanks
100 years of evolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
From an internationally acclaimed expert in the field comes a detailed, analytical and comprehensive account of the worldwide evolution of tanks, from their inception a century ago to the present day. With new ideas stemming from the latest academic research, this study presents a reappraisal of the...
by Sarah Webb
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Bring the First World War to life with a fresh interpretation of the War, combining the expertise of IWM and Hodder Education in both the First World War and educational publishing.
This Student's Book and accompanying Dynamic Learning resource provide a discrete unit of study. Together, they present...
An Anzac on the Western Front
The Personal Reflections of an Australian Infantryman from 1916 to 1918
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
“A remarkably candid and graphic account” of the World War I service of a member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Britain at War Magazine).
Having enlisted in 1915 and serving in the 56th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, Harold Roy Williams arrived in France, from Egypt, on...
by Rudyard Kipling
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
The greatest of all wars. As told by one of England's greatest poets. 'The Irish Guards In The Great War' is a classic of military history - Rudyard Kipling's memorable account of how one regiment fought from 1914-1918. Now Kipling's volumes on the First and Second Battalion are put...
Alan Bowker's Canadian Heritage 2-Book Bundle
A Time Such as There Never Was Before / On the Front Line of Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
In this two-book bundle, Alan Bowker sheds new light on two subjects with a surprising connection: the great Canadian writer Stephen Leacock and the rise of Canada on the world stage, which Leacock profiled with keen wit and observational skill. With Bowker as your guide, explore what it was really...