World War I - fiction & non-fiction

Descrição
I have been doing some reading on World War I as the 100th anniversary approaches ... both fiction and non-fiction. What are some other good books?
1
All Quiet on the Western Front
de Erich Maria Remarque
19,096 membros
403 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, Bretzky1
2
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
de Christopher Clark
2,070 membros
53 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
brewergirl, MichaelHodges
Explicações
brewergirl: Detailed coverage of lead up to war
3
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
de Margaret MacMillan
3,235 membros
53 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
brewergirl, Bretzky1
Explicações
brewergirl: Detailed history of peace process after the war and the various personalities involved.
4
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
de Margaret MacMillan
1,226 membros
35 resenhas
4.2
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Very detailed. Only covers the lead up to the war, not the war itself.
5
The Origins of Major War (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
de Dale C. Copeland
40 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.6
Member
Bretzky1
Explicações
Bretzky1: Not strictly about World War I, but provides a long discourse on the origins of the war.
6
The Guns of August
de Barbara W. Tuchman
6,606 membros
125 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Detailed overview of first couple of months of the war.
7
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
de Michael Korda
659 membros
14 resenhas
4
Member
aulsmith
8
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
de Barbara W. Tuchman
2,784 membros
37 resenhas
4
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Interesting overview of world prior to the war. Each chapter covers a different country with a different focus.
9
Regeneration
de Pat Barker
4,504 membros
113 resenhas
4
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Novel of soldiers in psychiatric hospital during the war. Fictional but includes real historical figures.
10
Birdsong
de Sebastian Faulks
6,094 membros
156 resenhas
4
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Novel of a soldier and his experience in trenches. Also a love story.
11
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
de David Fromkin
2,178 membros
20 resenhas
4.2
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Detailed history of how countries were divided after the war.
12
The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
de Richard Rubin
252 membros
11 resenhas
4.2
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Personal interviews with WWI veterans done when most of them were over 100 years old.
13
One of Ours
de Willa Cather
1,227 membros
39 resenhas
3.8
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Novel is about a man from heartlands of USA who goes to fight in Europe.
14
The Zimmermann Telegram
de Barbara W. Tuchman
1,507 membros
29 resenhas
3.9
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Events leading up to US entry into the war in 1917.
15
Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
de Robert Graves
3,701 membros
66 resenhas
4
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Memoir/autobiography with a focus on the WWI years.
16
Johnny Got His Gun
de Dalton Trumbo
3,698 membros
75 resenhas
4.2
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Novel of a soldier who lost all 4 limbs in WWI plus vision, hearing, and ability to speak.
17
Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
de David Fromkin
534 membros
8 resenhas
3.9
Member
brewergirl
Explicações
brewergirl: Less detailed coverage of lead up to war
18
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
de Miranda Carter
731 membros
25 resenhas
3.9
Member
brewergirl
19
King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War
de Catrine Clay
368 membros
3 resenhas
3.8
Member
brewergirl