Wars & Conflicts - World War I
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The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service During World War I
$32.95 Add to cartWhen the United States officially entered World War I in 1917, it was woefully underprepared for chemical warfare, in which the British, French, and Germans had been engaged since 1915. In response, t… [more below]
- Author: Leeke, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1640126058
- Language: English
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The First World War
$21.00 Read more“This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available.” (Los Angeles Times)
Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I,- Author: Strachan, Hew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0143035185
- Language: English
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The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and Wwi’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home
$27.00 Add to cartThe Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it n… [more below]
- Author: O’Donnell, Patrick K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0802128335
- Language: English
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Vanquished
$32.00 Add to cartWinner of the Tomlinson Book Prize
A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2016
An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I–conflicts that wou- Author: Gerwarth, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0374537186
- Language: English
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The Real Winnie: A One-Of-A-Kind Bear
$12.95 Add to cartThe story of Winnie, the real Canadian bear that captured the heart of Christopher, son of A.A. Milne, is told against the backdrop of the First World War.
- Author: Shushkewich, Val
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 12 2005
- ISBN10: 1896219896
- Language: English
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSigned on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treat… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0190644982
- Language: English
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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I
$20.99 Add to cartThe number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the battlefield, the injuries were shocking, unlike anythin… [more below]
- Author: Mayhew, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019045444X
- Language: English
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The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
$22.99 Add to cartNamed one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist
World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and politica- Author: Hart, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0190227354
- Language: English
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Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War 1914-18
$28.95 Add to cartClash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalog of combat facts, Clash of Fleets explor
- Author: O’Hara, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 15, 2020
- ISBN10: 1682476251
- Language: English
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On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War
$29.95 Add to cartWas the outcome of the First World War on a knife edge? In this major new account of German wartime politics and strategy Holger Afflerbach argues that the outcome of the war was actually in the balan… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Military Histories
- Author: Afflerbach, Holger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 566
- Publish Date: October 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1108832881
- Language: English
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The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
$22.99 Add to cartThe thrilling and definitive history of World War I in the Middle East
By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of the- Author: Rogan, Eugene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0465097421
- Language: English
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The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Turning Point of the Great War, 1916-1917
$18.99 Read moreThis revealing historical examination looks at the pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War, when all sides–Germany, Britain, and America–believed the war could have been concluded an
- Author: Zelikow, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541750969
- Language: English
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The Language of Victory: Code Talkers of WWI and WWII
$14.95 Add to cartFeaturing rare interviews with Comanche, Choctaw and Navajo code talkers, this easy-to-read non-fiction book recounts how American Indian soldiers from twenty different tribes used their native langua
- Author: Robinson, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0980027276
- Language: English
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Setting the Desert on Fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain’s Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918
$27.99 Add to cartT. E. Lawrence’s classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom made the Arab revolt a legend and helped turn him into the mythical “Lawrence of Arabia.” Setting the Desert on Fire is both a masterly account of the
- Author: Barr, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 402
- Publish Date: July 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0393335275
- Language: English
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The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and Wwi’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the award-winning author of Washington’s Immortals, The Unknowns takes readers into the heart of combat in the Great War to tell the powerful story behind the creation of the Tomb of the Unknown … [more below]
- Author: O’Donnell, Patrick K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0802147178
- Language: English
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
$32.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
“Both terrifying and enthralling.”–Entertainm- Author: Larson, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0307408868
- Language: English
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The First World War: A Complete History: A Complete History
$33.99 Add to cartThe acclaimed British historian offers a majestic, single-volume work incorporating all major fronts-domestic, diplomatic, military-for “a stunning achievement of research and storytelling” (Publisher
- Author: Gilbert, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0805076174
- Language: English
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To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
$24.99 Add to cartIn this riveting and suspenseful New York Times best-selling book, Adam Hochschild brings WWI to life as never before…
World War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars.” Over four long years, … [more below]
- Author: Hochschild, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 06 2012
- ISBN10: 0547750315
- Language: English
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The World Crisis, 1911-1918
$41.00 Add to cartAs first lord of the admiralty and minister for war and air, Churchill stood resolute at the center of international affairs. In this classic account, he dramatically details how the tides of despair … [more below]
- Author: Churchill, Winston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0743283430
- Language: English
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A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today
$20.95 Add to cartHow the Treaty of Versailles is still influencing current events-with a new Foreword by Sir Harold Evans and a new Introduction by the author
For more than half a century, it has been widely recognized
- Author: Andelman, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: November 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1620459914
- Language: English
