Bibliography of World War I

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"European Revue. Kill That Eagle" by John Henry Amschewitz, 1914; Germany is the black eagle in the center, surrounded by enemies and bystanders, with only Austria (the clown in white) helping. Kill that eagle--1914 JH Amschewitz.jpg
"European Revue. Kill That Eagle" by John Henry Amschewitz, 1914; Germany is the black eagle in the center, surrounded by enemies and bystanders, with only Austria (the clown in white) helping.

This list contains a selection of books on World War I, using APA style citations.

Contents

Reference works

Atlases and maps

Overviews

Primary sources, documents and year books

Official histories

Countries on both sides of the conflict published official histories, including the following:

Causes and diplomacy

Early peace negotiations

Allied Forces

Britain

Australia and New Zealand

  • Coulthard-Clark, Christopher D (2001). The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. p. 320. ISBN   978-1865086347. OCLC   48793439.
  • Davison, Graeme, John Hirst, and Stuart Macintyre, eds. The Oxford Companion to Australian History (2001) ISBN   019551503X Online at OUP
  • Grey, Jeffrey. A military history of Australia (Cambridge University Press, 1st ed: 1999; 3rd ed: 2008 ISBN   978-0521875233)
  • Pugsley, Christopher. The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in the First World War (2004) ISBN   978-0947506001

Canada

  • Berton, Pierre. Marching As To War, Canada's Turbulent Years 1899–1953 (2001), ch 2; Popular narrative
  • Cook, Tim. "Quill and Canon: Writing the Great War in Canada," American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 35, 2005
  • Dickson, Paul Douglas. A Thoroughly Canadian General: A Biography of General H.D.G. Crerar (2007) excerpt and text search
  • Granatstein, Jack, and J.M. Hitsman, Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada (1977)
  • Hunter, Mark C. To Employ and Uplift Them: The Newfoundland Naval Reserve, 1899–1926 (2009)
  • Milner, Marc. Canadian Military History. Toronto: Copp Clark Putnam, 1993. Includes problems of Canadian recruiting and the 1917 draft crisis (with its problems over Quebec)
  • Morton, Desmond, and J. L. Granatstein Marching to Armageddon: Canadians and the Great War 1914–1919 (1989)
  • Vance, Jonathan F. Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War (1997), cultural history
  • Wade, Mason. The French Canadians, 1760–1945 (1955), ch 12

Africa, South Africa

  • Buchan, John (1992). The history of the South African forces in France (Litho reprint of 1920 ed.). London: Imperial War Museum & Battery Press. ISBN   978-0901627896.
  • Digby, Peter. K. (1993). Pyramids and Poppies: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya, France and Flanders: 1915–1919. Rivonia: Ashanti. ISBN   978-1874800538.
  • Farwell, Byron (1989). The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918. W.W. Norton. ISBN   978-0393305647.
  • Miller, Charles. Battle for the Bundu: the First World War in East Africa. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. ISBN   0025849301

India

China

France

Historiography

  • Cox Gary. "France" in Robin Higham and Dennis E. Showalter, eds. Researching World War I: A Handbook (2003) pp 51–78.
  • Hanna, Martha; Horne, John (2016). "France and the Great War on Its Centenary". French Historical Studies. 39 (2): 233–259. doi: 10.1215/00161071-3438007 .
  • Nester, Cody (2015). "France and the Great War: Belligerent Warmonger or Failed Peacekeeper? A Literature Review". History. 12: 2.
  • Smith, Leonard V (2007). "The 'Culture de guerre'and French Historiography of the Great War of 1914–1918". History Compass. 5 (6): 1967–1979. doi:10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00484.x.

Italy

Japan

Russia

United States

Germany and the Central Powers

German army

Austria-Hungary

Ottoman Empire

Neutrals

Homefronts

Economics

Battles and campaigns

Western Front

Eastern Front

Specialty military topics

Infantry and artillery

Logistics

Intelligence, espionage

Medicine

Weapons

Air War

Gas

  • Benbow, Tim, ed. British naval aviation: the first 100 years (Ashgate, 2013)
  • Ingalls, David S. Hero of the Angry Sky: The World War I Diary and Letters of David S. Ingalls, America's First Naval Ace (Ohio University Press, 2013)
  • Layman, R. D. Naval Aviation in the First World War: Its Impact and Influence (Naval Institute Press, 1996)
  • Till, Geoffrey. Air Power and the Royal Navy, 1914–1945: a historical survey (Macdonald and Jane's, 1979)

Submarines

  • Abbatiello, John. Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats (2005)
  • Compton-Hall, Richard. Submarines and the War at Sea, 1914–18 (Macmillan, 1991)
  • Gray, Edwyn A. The U-Boat War, 1914–1918 (1994)
  • Greentree, David, Ian Palmer, and Peter Dennis. Q Ship Vs U-Boat: 1914–18 (Osprey, 2014)
  • Hackmann, Willem Dirk. Seek & Strike: Sonar, anti-submarine warfare and the Royal Navy 1914–54 (Unipub, 1984)
  • Henry, Chris. Depth Charge!: Mines, Depth Charges and Underwater Weapons, 1914–1945 (Casemate Publishers, 2005)
  • van der Vat, Dan. The Atlantic Campaign. (1988). Connects submarine and antisubmarine operations between wars, and suggests a continuous war.
  • Price, Alfred, Dr. Aircraft versus the Submarine. Deals with technical developments, including the first dipping hydrophones.
  • Thomas, Lowell. Raiders Of The Deep (1928, 2004)

Tanks

Cultural, literary, artistic memorials

Propaganda and media

Posters

  • Christopher, John, ed. British Posters of the First World War (2016)
  • Darracott, Joseph, and Belinda Loftus, eds. The First World War Posters (1974)
  • Dover. Posters of World Wars I and II CD-ROM and Book (2005) 120 American posters from WWI; ISBN   978-0486996844
  • Rawls, Walton and Maurice Rickards, eds. Wake Up, America. World War I and the American Poster (2001) many color posters
  • Rickards, Maurice ed. Posters of the First World War (1968)
  • Stanley, Peter, ed. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? A visual history of propaganda posters (1984)
  • White, Edward J. ed. World War I Posters: 100th Anniversary Collectors Edition (2014)

Poetry and songs

Fiction and autobiographical prose

Films, plays, television series and mini-series

Legacy and aftermath

Historiography and memory

See also