Can anyone suggest a good book about the first world war? I'm reading Fall of Giants by Ken Follett and wanted to read more about the war.
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Can anyone suggest a good book about the first world war? I'm reading Fall of Giants by Ken Follett and wanted to read more about the war.
Originally Posted by il2rmb
"All Quiet on the Western Front"-they even have an old black and white movie on it. I rate it: ****
The SOMME- The Darkest Hours on the Western Front, By Peter HART
Aces Falling-War Above The Trenches, 1918, By Peter Hart
World War 1, By H.P. Willmott
Great War, By Paul Fussel
Under The Guns of The Red Baron, The complete record of Von Richthofen's Victories,and victims fully Illustrated, by Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery
Last edited by ERNO; 12-10-2010 at 15:33.
I always liked reading The Guns of August. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_August
Shows why the war started and how the initial fighting went.
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"The First World War" by John Keegan is a pretty good comprehensive history.
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Most of the English histories are written by English writers aka the victors.
and if you really read between the lines, if the English were so great, why did they get this ass kicked constantly throughout the war and had BY FAR the largest war losses.
Read this book:
The Myth of the Great War by John Mosier. documented, footnoted and just plain common sense.
http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Great-War...018974&sr=1-21
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Go to militaryphotos.net and search of the great war. There are few great threads where members posted family letters, unit photos from that era.
An incomplete history of WWI, has a lot of "did you know this" type stories.
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Also by John Keegan, "Doughboys." I am in the middle of it now, great book and a pretty easy (but long) read
I've got this one on my shelf to be read at some point...
The World Crisis by Winston Churchill
Correction to my earlier post, "Doughboys" is written by Gary Mead, for some reason I thought it was John Keegan, my bad. Still a great book.
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