940.3-940.4: History of World War I (2023)

This collection spotlights books, published in the last 10 years, that discuss World War I which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Books featured in this collection will discuss causes and the aftermath of "The Great War" as well as contain histories of significant events and battles.

Updated June 9, 2023
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1

American midnight : the Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis
Hochschild, Adam
Paper Book
National Bestseller * One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfiction A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York Post, Fast Company From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a "masterly" (New York Times) reassessment...

2

Einstein's War : how relativity conquered nationalism and shook the world
Stanley, Matthew
Paper Book
In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until then, Einstein's masterpiece of time and...

3

The escape artists : a band of daredevil pilots and the greatest prison break of the Great War
Bascomb, Neal
Paper Book

4

To hell and back : Europe, 1914-1949
Kershaw, Ian
Paper Book
"Chilling... To Hell and Back should be required reading in every chancellery, every editorial cockpit and every place where peevish Euroskeptics do their thinking.... Kershaw documents each and every 'ism' of his analysis with extraordinary detail and passionate humanism."--...

5

World War I : the definitive visual guide : from Sarajevo to Versailles
Grant, R. G
Paper Book
The definitive visual history of the people, politics and events of World War I World War I- The Definitive Visual Guideis a fascinating portrait of a world at war, vividly portraying the conflicts of the Great War on land, sea and in the skies. This history bookwill tell you...

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