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Aircraft of Wwi: 1914-1918 by Jack Herris Publisher Comments Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, 'The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of WWI' is a comprehensive study of the aircraft that fought in the Great War of 1914-18. Arranged chronologically by theater... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover 
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The Guns of August by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman Publisher Comments Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals,... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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DH 2 vs Albatros D I/D II by James Miller Publisher Comments The advent and deployment of the Royal Flying Corps' Airco DH 2 in 1916 effectively eliminated the 'scourge' of aerial dominance enjoyed by the Fokker Eindecker monoplanes. Spearheaded by No 24 Sqn and led by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker, the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Duel #42: Dh 2 Vs Albatros D I/D II: Western Front 1916 by James Miller Publisher Comments The advent and deployment of the Royal Flying Corps' Airco DH 2 in 1916 effectively eliminated the 'scourge' of aerial dominance enjoyed by the Fokker Eindecker monoplanes. Spearheaded by No 24 Sqn and led by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker, the... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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British Artillery 1914-19 by Dale Clarke Publisher Comments In 1914 the artillery of Britain's 'Field Army' encompassed those weapons judged to have sufficient mobility to keep up with troops in the field. This book describes all major variants, from the 60-pdr guns of the heavy field batteries, perched somewhat... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The US Army 1890-1920 by Philip Katcher Publisher Comments This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the US Army from 1890 to 1920. The Spanish-American War, China, Mexico and World War I are all covered, and uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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British Mark IV Tank by David Fletcher Publisher Comments The formidable Mark IV tank was pitted against the German Army from 1917 until the end of World War I. This book reveals the important role the tank played in the historic battle of Cambrai in 1917 as well as the first ever tank-versus-tank actions... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Armies in the Balkans 1914-18 by Nigel Thomas Publisher Comments Recent history should remind us that it was events in the Balkans which sparked off World War I (1914-1918), with the assassination of the Austrian heir Prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and the consequent invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungarian armies... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Aircraft of the Aces #104: Naval Aces of World War 1 Part 2 by Jon Guttman Publisher Comments Part 2 of Naval Aces looks at the many flying Naval heroes who flew alongside or against those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). While the RNAS operated its own formidable arsenal of Nieuport and Sopwith scouts over the Flanders coast, the German... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild Publisher Comments "This is the kind of investigatory history Hochschild pulls off like no one else . . . Hochschild is a master at chronicling how prevailing cultural opinion is formed and, less frequently, how it's challenged." — Maureen Corrigan, NPRs Fresh... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 by G. J. Meyer Publisher Comments The First World War is one of history’s greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account, author G. J. Meyer draws on exhaustive research to bring to life the story of how the Great War reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble,... (read more) Your price: $21.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell Publisher Comments The year 2000 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of The Great War and Modern Memory, winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and recently named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Europe's Last Summer : Who Started the Great War in 1914? (04 Edition) by David Fromkin Publisher Comments When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cataclysm : First World War As Political (04 Edition) by David Stevenson Publisher Comments The standard account of World War I says that the war hapened because politicians lost control of events, and that once the war began, it quickly became an unstoppable machine. But in this major new work, historian David Stevenson shows that politicians... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Faces of World War I by Max Arthur Publisher Comments Faces of World War I depicts the tragedy of the Great War in words and pictures, covering all aspects and armies who fought. Charting the BEA's entry into warfare in 1914, Faces of World War I tells the story in words and pictures of the new conscripted... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps by Alan Axelrod Publisher Comments The Battle of Belleau Wood, stunning in both its concentration and intensity, was the fiery furnace from which the modern United States Marine Corps emerged as America's fiercest and most effective warriors, the world's preeminent fighting elite. ... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Voyage of the Lusitania by A A Hoehling Publisher Comments Reconstructed from hundreds of survivors' accounts and naval documents and with a new preface that puts to rest several theories about the cargo of the fated ship, The Last Voyage of the Lusitania chronicles one of the greatest sea tragedies of all time.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Russian Origins of the First World War by Sean Mcmeekin Publisher Comments The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Letters from a War Bird: The World War I Correspondence of Elliot White Springs by David K. (edt) Vaughan Publisher Comments Dramatic firsthand accounts of air combat in the Great War written by an iconic South... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Hardcover
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Machine-Guns and the Great War by Paul Cornish Publisher Comments The machine-gun is one of the iconic weapons of the Great War - indeed of the twentieth century. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. During a four-year war that generated unprecedented casualties, the machine-gun stood out as a key weapon. In... (read more) Your price: $39.00 New - Hardcover
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