First World War Tanks
Although tanks have become a symbol of military power, the first tanks were created as a temporary solution to the deadlock created by trench warfare. The early designs were unsophisticated and had little success when they were first used by the ... [... more]
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The First World War
 From Amazon.com: Despite the avalanche of books written about the First World War in recent years, there have been comparatively few books that deliver a comprehensive account of the war and its campaigns from start to finish. The First World War fills [... more]
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Jonathan Rabb
In the last days of the First World War, socialist revolution swept across Germany, transforming Berlin into a battleground. But for Detective Inspector Nikolai Hoffner and his young assistant, Hans Fichte, the revolution is a mere inconvenience. ... [... more]
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Caroline Alexander
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first ... [... more]
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Gwendolyn Davies
Canadian Poetry from the Beginnings through the First World War This is the only anthology to present a full history of Canadian poetry - from the early 1600s through the expansiveness of poetic activity during the 18th and 19th centuries and ... [... more]
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Linda Newbery
Greg's casual interest in the history of a ruined mansion becomes more personal as he slowly discovers the tragic events that overwhelmed its last inhabitants. Set against a background of the modern day and the First World War, Greg's ... [... more]
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Carole Gerson
Canadian Poetry from the Beginnings through the First World War This is the only anthology to present a full history of Canadian poetry - from the early 1600s through the expansiveness of poetic activity during the 18th and 19th centuries and ... [... more]
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David Jones
"This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of": with quiet modesty, David Jones begins a work that is among the most powerful imaginative efforts to grapple with the carnage of the First World War, a book celebrated by .. [... more]
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
From Amazon.com: This illustrated history is an outstanding summary of current scholarship on the war that was supposed to end all wars. Nearly two dozen contributors write smart and accessible essays on a range of subjects, including the military [... more]
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The First World War - Volume 1: To Arms
From Amazon.co.uk: Hew Strachan's The First World War Vol I: A Call to Arms counteracts the argument that of the two world wars in the 20th century, it is usually only the second that is thought of as "global"--spanning from the Pacific to [... more]
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The First World War, Vol. 1: The Eastern Front 1914-1918
The Unabashed English View of the War - Part Two: Peter Simkins, a former senior historian at the Imperial War Museum, picks up in this volume of Osprey's Essential Histories series where he left off at the end of 1916. As in the first volume, Simkins' [... more]
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The Origins of the First World War: Controversies and ...
Helpful but not conclusive: The author provides an interesting chronology of historians' shifting views regarding the responsibility for the outbreak of the first world war. It appears well researched and and is a useful contribution to the topic. She [... more]
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