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The Western Front: A history of the Great War, 1914-1918
by Nick Lloyd
940.4144 LLO
A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare. In this epic narrative history, Nick Lloyd brings together the latest research from America, France, Britain, and Germany, telling the full story of the war in France and Belgium from the German invasion in 1914 to the armistice four years later.
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War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War
by Randy Roberts
974.46104 ROB
War Fever explores a delirious moment in American history through the stories of three men: Karl Muck, the German conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, accused of being an enemy spy; Charles Whittlesey, a Harvard law graduate who became an unlikely hero in Europe; and the most famous baseball player of all time, Babe Ruth, poised to revolutionize the game he loved. Together, they offer a gripping narrative of America at war and American culture in upheaval.
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The Great War and Modern Memory
by Paul Fussell
820.9 FUS
This brilliant work illuminates the trauma and tragedy of modern warfare in fresh, revelatory ways. Exploring the work of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Edmund Blunden, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen, Fussell supplies contexts, both actual and literary, for those writers who--with conspicuous imaginative and artistic meaning--most effectively memorialized World War I as an historical experience.
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To end all wars : a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918
by Adam Hochschild
940.3 HOC
An epic chronicle of the first World War places an emphasis on the moral dilemmas raised by the war's critics, citing the achievements and associations of famous detractors while exploring how the war's lessons have particular relevance in today's world.
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To conquer hell : the Meuse-Argonne, 1918
by Edward G. Lengel
940.436 LEN
An authoritative chronicle of the 1918 battle of the Meuse-Argonne region of France details the bloodiest battle in American history, one that cost more than 120,000 casualties and 26,000 lives, and offers an in-depth account of the campaign, events of the battle, portraits of soldiers who took part, and its long-term legacy for the Great War and the American military.
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Hundred days : the campaign that ended World War I
by Nick Lloyd
940.434 LLO
Describes the difficult and bloody four-month battle that tipped the stalemate on the Western Front in favor of the Allies in 1918 and drove back the Germans, bringing World War I to an end.
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Wounded : a new history of the Western Front in World War I
by E. R. Mayhew
940.4 MAY
In Wounded, Emily Mayhew tells the history of the Western Front from a new perspective: the medical network that arose seemingly overnight to help sick and injured soldiers. These men and women pulled injured troops from the hellscape of trench, shell crater, and no man's land, transported them to the rear, and treated them for everything from foot rot to poison gas, venereal disease to traumatic amputation from exploding shells.
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A world undone : the story of the Great War, 1914-1918
by G. J. Meyer
940.3 MEY
An epic narrative of the First World War provides an incisive look at the brutal conflict that transformed the face of Europe, paved the way for the rise of the Soviet Union and Hitler, and left profound repercussions that even today affect the stability of the Middle East and the Balkans.
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The remains of Company D : a story of the Great War
by James Carl Nelson
940.4 NEL
Traces the author's research into his grandfather's World War I experiences with Company D, an effort that prompted years of travel throughout the world in search of personal papers, obscure memoirs, and communications with fellow soldiers and their descendants.
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World War I : the African front
by Edward Paice
940.416 PAI
Documents the lesser-known course of World War I as it was fought in Africa, tracing Britain's elimination of German naval bases in the region, the tragic and costly land war that extended beyond the signing of the Armistice in Europe, and the role of imperialism in East Africa.
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The guns of August
by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
940.4 TUC
A definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning recreation of the powderkeg that was Europe during the crucial first thirty days of World War I traces the actions of statesmen and patriots alike in Berlin, London, St. Petersburg, and Paris.
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They shall not grow old DVD 940.3 THEDepicts the experiences of soldiers in World War I, featuring colorized archival footage and the voices of veterans
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DVD 940.3 BAT
A video history of World War I. |
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War Horses of WWIDVD 940.4 WARUsing archival materials, testimonies, and historical research, the true story of the British horses who served in World War I.
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World War I: American LegacyDVD 940.3 WOR Shares the stories of various Americans involved in World War I, presenting rare images and film footage.
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Band of sisters : a novel
by Lauren Willig
F WIL
Eschewed by her wealthy graduated classmates, a former scholarship student reluctantly volunteers to help World War I French civilians before finding herself surrounded by desperate families in villages decimated by German bombs.
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Meet me in Bombay : a novel
by Jenny Ashcroft
F ASH
A homesick Englishwoman falls in love with a charismatic man who opens her eyes to the beauty and culture of 1913 Bombay, before their relationship is complicated by a disapproving parent and the harsh realities of war.
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The woman at the front
by Lecia Cornwall
F COR
A daring young woman risks everything to pursue a career as a doctor on the front lines in France during World War I, and learns the true meaning of hope, love, and resilience in the darkest of times.
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The summer before the war : a novel
by Helen Simonson
F SIM
Arriving in the 1914 village of Rye, England, Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good family, becomes a first female teacher of Latin at the local school and falls in love with her sponsor's nephew.
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Cavendon Hall
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
F BRA
A tale spanning 16 years in Edwardian England finds the centuries-long relationship between the aristocratic Inghams and the Swann family who serves them tested by the outbreak of World War I.
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The cartographer of no man's land : a novel
by P. S. Duffy
F DUF
A Nova Scotian pacifist, assured a job as a cartographer in London, joins the war effort in 1916 in search of his beloved missing brother-in-law, leaving his son to fend for himself in their grieving fishing village.
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Fall of giants
by Ken Follett
F FOL
Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English and Welsh--as they move through the world-shaking dramas of World War I, the Russian Revolution and the struggle for women's suffrage.
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A farewell to arms
by Ernest Hemingway
F HEM
A tragic wartime romance set against the brutal and chaotic backdrop of World War I is the classic story of a volunteer ambulance driver wounded on the Italian front and the English nurse he loves and leaves behind.
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The girl you left behind
by Jojo Moyes
F MOY
Unwillingly rendered an object of obsession by the Kommandant occupying her small French town in World War I, Sophie risks everything to reunite with her husband a century before a widowed Liv tests her resolve to claim ownership of Sophie's portrait.
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All quiet on the western front
by Erich Maria Remarque
F REM
The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of war.
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Somewhere in France
by Jennifer Robson
F ROB
Defying her parents, Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford, during World War I, moves to London and becomes an ambulance driver in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, which takes her close to the Western Front where she falls in love with a handsome Scottish surgeon.
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The First of July
by Elizabeth Speller
F SPE
Follows the lives of four very different men, Frank, Benedict, Jean-Batiste and Harry, in the three years prior to the start of World War I and through their experiences through the catastrophes in and trenches of war-torn Europe.
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A test of wills
by Charles Todd
M TOD
Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge returns home suffering from shellshock and the emotional strains of World War I, but he soon goes back to work and must solve a murder case involving the killing of a retired military officer, a crime in which the main suspect is a highly decorated war hero.
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The care and management of lies : a novel of the great war
by Jacqueline Winspear
M WIN
In this poignant novel of love and friendship tested by separation and war, Kezia struggles to keep her ordered life from unraveling after her husband enlists to fight for his country, while Thea, her best friend, sister-in-law and suffragette, is drawn reluctantly to the battlefield.
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Maisie Dobbs : a novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
M WIN
In her first case, private detective Maisie Dobbs must investigate the reappearance of a dead man who turns up at a cooperative farm called the Retreat that caters to men who are recovering their health after World War I.
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DRAMA NIN
During World War I, two British soldiers race against time to deliver an important message to an isolated regiment calling off the attack that would lead it into a trap |
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All Quiet On The Western FrontACADEMY ALL Since its release in 1930 (and Oscar win for best picture), this film's saga of German boys avidly signing up for World War I battle--and then learning the truth of war--has been acclaimed for its intensity, artistry, and grown-up approach.
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FlyboysACTION FLY Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America's first fighter pilots. Thirty-eight courageous young men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming true heroes who experience triumph, tragedy, love and loss amid the chaos of World War I.
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DRAMA GAL
Two young men become part of the fateful battle of Gallipoli, the World War I confrontation between Australia and German-allied Turks |
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DRAMA GOO
After a French soldier leaves his regiment during World War I to spend time with his family, he is imprisoned and thinks about his life as he waits to be executed |
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DRAMA GRE
During the last days of World War I, an American platoon is sent behind lines to rescue trapped African American soldiers |
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Joyeux NoelFOREIGN FRE JOY Based on a true event that occurred on the Western Front during World War I, German, French, and Scottish soldiers call an unauthorized truce on Christmas Eve, meeting each other in No Man's Land to peacefully celebrate.
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Lawrence of ArabiaACADEMY LAW Cinematic account of the life of T.E. Lawrence who, as a World War I British Army officer, helped unite rival Arab tribes in their fight against the Turkish.
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The Lost BattalionACTION LOS A division of American soldiers in the Argonne Forest withstand five days of desperate action surrounded by the enemy.
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My Boy JackFOREIGN BRI MY After their son Jack is declared missing in action in World War I, Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for him while struggling to deal with their feelings over Jack's entrance into the army.
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The Red BaronACTION RED When famed World War I fighter pilot Baron Manfred von Richthofen shoots down a Canadian pilot and meets the nurse who tends to him, he begins to realize the full consequences of his actions in the war.
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DRAMA TES
During World War I, an independent woman leaves her studies at Oxford University to become a war nurse |
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FOREIGN FRE VER
Set in France towards the end of World War I, a young woman searches relentlessly for her fiance who disappeared in battle under mysterious circumstances |
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War HorseDRAMA WAR Albert Narracott enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry.
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WingsACADEMY WINGS Two young men in love with the same woman must leave her behind when they become fighter pilots in World War I.
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