Great War (1914-1918): The Society and Culture of the First World War discussion

Does anyone know of diaries that were kept during the Paris Peace conference, or good books about the conference? I have the Charles Mee book and of course Macmillan's; I'm looking for more about the milieu of the conference.

Hi Marilyn,

I have not read any of these books although I do have Dallas's 1918 waiting in my library. They may be what your looking for or at least lead you in the right direction for further reading:

by David Dutton

by Frances William O'Brien

by Edward Mandell House

by Gregor Dallas

by Margaret MacMillan

Thanks, Aussie Rick. That's a great help.

I have been publishing WW1 family letters on several blogs. My fatherinlaw,Edward Ray Jackson's, www.lettersfromww1.blogspot.com and my husband's 2 maternal uncles William Milton and Harold Roy Skilling. Each account fascinating and different. Links are on Ray's blog.

I am currently reading Testament of Youth byVera Brittain. Highly recommended. An autobiography of her personal losses and experiences as a VAD.

Brittain's book was hard to read, but very much recommended, yes!

You may want to check out the book "Peacemaking, 1919" by Harold Nicolson, who was himself (as a junior diplomat) a witness to the events of the Paris Peace Conference.

ISBN-13: 978-0571256044 (paperback)