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This is a reading list of non-fiction titles, that cover the Military history of the First World War. It is not meant to cover fiction books, but any serious books on the period are welcome
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message 2: by Mark (last edited Dec 31, 2013 05:48AM) (new)

Mark Mortensen Themis-Athena (Does not and never will own a Kindle) wrote: "All Quiet on the Western Front and To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War are fiction ..."

Thank you Themis-Athena.

Jeff Shaara author of the fictional “To The Last Man” is likely unaware that the U.S. Naval painting by artist Fredrick C. Yohn titled: "The Last Night of the War" posted on the front cover of his book, in actuality features WWI hero USMC Major George W. Hamilton in the middle holding his helmet surrounded by 1/5 comrades. The historical link of The New York Times to the war painting along with other information is below.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/gwha...
http://www.heritagestudio.com/usmcart...

George W. Hamilton, USMC America's Greatest World War I Hero by Mark Mortensen by Mark Mortensen Mark Mortensen


message 3: by Michele (new)

Michele Can #34 and #69 be merged? They are the same book; The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads I combined duplicates; that should have gotten it.


message 5: by Manray9 (last edited Sep 08, 2017 04:07PM) (new)

Manray9 Solzhenitsyn's August 1914 is a fictionalized account of Tannenberg. Sassoon's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer is fiction too.


message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Oct 20, 2017 09:29AM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Got Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and August 1914.

Also removed, for being a novel:

To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War by Jeff Shaara
Her Privates We by Frederic Manning


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