Books About World War I
| The Blooding of the Guns: A Novel of the Battle of Jutland by Alexander Fullerton. 288 pages (December 2001) Soho Press, Inc. The Battle of Jutland, off the coast of Denmark, was fought between the British Navy and the German High Seas Fleet on the 31st of May 1916, the largest naval battle of World War One. This novel is from the viewpoint of both junior and senior British officers as the battle looms and then takes its course of violence, death and destruction. Fullerton is a graduate of the Royal Naval College and served in WW II on battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines so he brings an expert eye for detail to the writing. Ships and their movements in the novel are as recorded by dispatches and memoirs of actual participants at Jutland. |
| The First World War by John Keegan. 512 pages (May 1999) Knopf. Author Keegan, a military historian and prolific writer (search this page for other Keegan books) explains why World War I happened, and how it changed everything. Use this link for a review from the New York Times plus a sample chapter. |
| Over There : The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell. 336 pages (May 1999) W.W. Norton & Company. This concise history of America's first conflict overseas successfully turns scholarship into a good story. |
| Retreat, Hell! We Just Got Here! : The American Expeditionary Force in France 1917-1918 by Martin Marix Evans. 112 pages (October 1998) Osprey Pub Co. The first one-volume history of the US in World War I with many never-before-published maps and illustrations. |
| Devil Dogs : Fighting Marines of World War I by George B. Clark. 416 pages (January 1999) Presidio Press. The most detailed popular history available of the US Marines in World War I. |
| At Belleau Wood by Robert B. Asprey. 376 pages (November 1996) University of North Texas Press. Military historian Robert Asprey describes the epic battle and unexpected victory that created the turning point that allowed the Allies to win WW I. |
| The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman. 640 pages paperback (originally published 1962, multiple editions available.) Presidio Press. The outstanding popular account of the people and events at the outset of World War I. |
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