The submarine was one of the most revolutionary weapons of World War I, inciting both terror and fascination for militaries and civilians alike. During the war, after U-boats sank the Lusitania and be
In the English-speaking world the literature of the First World War is overwhelmingly preoccupied with the efforts of the British Army on the Western Front. The Greater War breaks out of this mould by
The battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 is a much celebrated moment in both Canadian and European military history. Vimy was a costly success. While it did improve military and public morale, the real
Britain's role and performance in the two World Wars continues to generate considerable debate but the wars are rarely considered together. Leading military historian Brian Bond here challenges the popular view of the First World War as catastrophic and futile in contrast to the Second World War as a well-conducted and victorious moral crusade. He focuses on the key issues which have caused controversy and distortion, to demonstrate how these views became deeply rooted in popular culture in the years since 1945. These issues range from policy and strategy, combat experience, the attritional strategies of naval blockade and strategic bombing to British generalship, and gains and losses in the aftermath of both wars. He also considers the learning process of the British Army in both world wars. He boldly concludes that in a number of important respects Britain was more successful in the First World War than in the Second.
Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston of the British Army was first hailed as a hero at the beginning of WWI, but by the end of the war, he was criticized for his losses at Gallipoli and the Som
The epochal shifts that the First World War effected in political, economic, and intellectual history has long been an object of scholarly inquiry, but the war's impact on ideas of gender and sexualit
Bestselling military historian H. W. Crocker III (The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War, Robert E. Lee on Leadership, etc.) now turns his guns on the epic story of America’s involvement in
An incredible history of the American WWI pilots who refused to be grounded. There was a time when the United States didn’t believe in aerial warfare. Wars, after all, were for men—not flying machines
Although the United States reaped its title of the world’s most powerful country as a result of its 18-month engagement in the war to end all wars, which saw 10 million lose their lives, Ells sees the
In August 1918 a Massachusetts-born woman named Margaret Hall boarded a transport ship in New York City that would take her across the Atlantic to work with the American Red Cross in France, then in t
"This biography covers the private life and professional career of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Supreme Commander of the Russian Army during World War I. Discusses his reputation in the Romanov fam
Other Fronts, Other Wars? offers insights into areas beyond the Western Front covering aspects such as captivity, occupation of the Eastern war theatre, medical history and war relief, home-front, gen
"Publishing during the 100th Anniversary of World War I , an NYRB Classics Original. The budding young Hungarian artist Bela Zombory-Moldovan was abroad on vacation when World War I broke out in Augus
