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Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Eisenhower, John S. D.
Free Press 2001
“An important book that should alter the historical picture of the American role in the conflict.” -Booklist. World War 1 books online free.
The Last Days of Innocence: America at War, 1917-1918 – WW1 PDF
Harries, Meirion
Vintage 1998
“An excellent study of U.S. participation in WWI. The research is in far greater depth than the usual ‘popular history’, the analysis is sharp and informative, and the writing is clear and a pleasure to read.” -Choice.
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Hart, Peter
Pegasus 2008
“Evokes the horrors of combat on the western front … Military history at its best.” -Library Journal. World War 1 read online.
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The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle that Changed the World – WW1 PDF
Herwig, Holger H.
Random House 2009
“As fine an addition to scholarly World War I literature as has been seen in some time”. -Booklist.
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The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Hynes, Samuel
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014
“Much more than a traditional military history, it is an account of the excitement of becoming a pilot and flying in combat over the Western Front, told through the words and voices of the pilots themselves.” -Publisher. World War 1 read online.
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Fighting the Great War: A Global History – WW1 PDF
Neiberg, Michael S.
Harvard University 2005
Readers interested in a general overview of WWI can do no better than Neiberg’s excellent account.” – Choice.
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A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in the First World War that Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare – WW1 PDF
Preston, Diana
Bloomsbury 2016
“Places the creation of poison gas, the torpedo, and the zeppelin into the context of warfare and the human toll exacted … She explains the scorched-earth policy of Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II … during the infamous six-week period in 1915 where this trio of deadly weapons was introduced…” – Publisher’s Weekly. World War 1 read online.
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Thompson, Mark
Basic Books 2009
Penetrating study of one of the forgotten fronts of the Great War.
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Killing Ground: the British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare 1900-1918 – Free Online Books World War I
Travers, Tim
1987
“An explanation of why the British army fought the way it did in World War I. It integrates social and military history and the impact of ideas to tell the story of how the British army, especially senior officers, adapted to the new technological warfare of the early 20th century.” – Publisher. World War 1 free online.
A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire – WW1 PDF
Wawro, Geoffrey
Basic Books 2014
“Wawro’s authoritative account is a damning analysis of an empire and a people unready for war.” Publishers Weekly. World War 1 free online
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Free online modern books at the Internet Archive on the military history of World War I. Some books: World War I, Campaigns of World War I, America in World War I, Weapons of World War I, Aircraft of World War I, Going to War in World War I, Battles of World War 1, America’s Entry into World War 1, Technology of World War I, Warplanes & Air Battles of World War I, Ludendorff: genius of World War I, The American Military Experience in World War I, Tanks & Weapons of World War I, African American Soldiers in World War I, The U.S. Air Service in World War I, The Origins of World War I, Canada in World War I, The Planes the Flew in World War I, The First World War in Photographs, many more books on the military history of World War I. Battles in World War 1, books on WW1 campaigns, World War 1 read online.
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World War I Military History Books – Collection – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
About 60 books and other documents concerning World War I, most of which seem military in nature.
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The books below were written during or immediately after the war by participants or journalist observers. Included are memoirs by military and government leaders. World War 1 read online.
An Explorer in the Air Service – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Bingham, Hiram
1920
Our Army at the Front – WW1 PDF
Broun, Heywood
1922
British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Dane, Edmund
1919
British Campaigns in the Nearer East 1914-1918 (vol 1); The Days of Adversity – WW1 PDF
Vol 2; The Tide of Victory – Free Online History Books WW1
from the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice, with 30 maps & plans
Dane, Edmund
1919
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Military operations, France and Belgium, 1914 (vol 1), comp. – World War I Books Online
Vol 2 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Edmonds, BG James E.
1925
One of seven titles in the series “History of the Great War, based on Official Documents”, by direction of the Committee of Imperial Defense.
Vol 1: Mons, the Retreat to the Seine, the Marne and the Aisne, August-October 1914.
Vol 2: Antwerp, La Bassee, Armentieres, Messines, and Ypres, October-November 1914. World War 1 read online.
A.E.F. in Battle – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Every, Dale Van
1928
The American Expeditionary Forces was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I.
German General Staff and its Decisions, 1914-1916 – WW1 PDF
Falkenhayn, General von
1920
East African Force 1915-1919 – WW1 PDF
an unofficial record of its creation and fighting career; together with some account of the civil and military admin. conditions in East Africa …
Fendall, BG C.P.
1921
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Guide to the Military History of the World War, 1914-1918 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Frothingham, Thomas G.
1920
Naval History of the World War (vol 1); Offensive Operations 1914-1915 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Vol 2: The Stress of Sea Power 1915-1916 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Vol 3: The United States in the War – WW1 PDF
Frothingham, Thomas G.
1925
True Account of the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Frothingham, Thomas G.
1920
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Tanks in the Great War, 1914-1918 – WW1 PDF
Fuller, J.F.C.
1920
War And Revolution In Russia 1914-17 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Gourko, General Basil
1919
The author was the chief of the Russian Imperial General Staff, Nov 1916-Mar 1917; Commander-in-Chief of Western Armies Mar 1917-Jun 1917. World War 1 online read
Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914-1920 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Govt of GB
1922
Topography and Strategy in the War – WW1 PDF
Johnson, Douglas Wilson
1919
With the Russian Army, 1914-1917 (vol 1) – Read WW1 History Books
Vol 2 – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
being chiefly extracts from the diary of a military attache
Knox, MG Alfred
1921
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Ludendorff’s Own Story, August 1914 – November 1918 (vol 1) – WW1 History Books
Vol 2 – WW1 PDF
Ludendorff, Erich von
1919
The Great War from the Siege of Liege to the Signing of the Armistice as viewed from the Grand Headquarters of the German Army.
Gallipoli – WW1 PDF
Masefield, John
1916
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United States in the World War (vol 1) – US Military WW1
Vol 2 – WW1 PDF
McMaster, John Bach
1918
Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 (vol 1) – WW1 Books Online Free
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Vol 4 – WW1 PDF
Moberly, BG F.J.
1923
One of seven titles in the series “History of the Great War, based on Official Documents”, by direction of the Committee of Imperial Defense. World War 1 online read.
America in Battle, with Guide to the American Battlefields in France and Belgium – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Moss, Col. James A. and Howland, Col. Harry S.
1920
History of the War
O’Neill, H.C.
1920
My Year of the Great War – TWW1 PDF
Palmer, Frederick
1915
Observations of an American correspondent at the British front. World War 1 online read.
With the New Army on the Somme; My Second Year of the War – WW1 PDF
Palmer, Frederick
1917
Second volume by an American correspondent at the British front.
America in France – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Palmer, Frederick
1918
The third volume by this American correspondent, who joined the American Expeditionary Force for the last part of the war.
Germany’s High Sea Fleet in the World War
Scheer, Admiral
1920
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History of the World War (vol 1) – WW1 PDF
Vol 2 – WW1 PDF
Vol 3
Vol 4 – WW1 PDF
Vol 5
Simonds, Frank H.
1917
Victory at Sea – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Sims, Rear-Admiral William Sowden
1920
The author commanded American naval forces operating in European waters.
Yankee Ingenuity in the War – The First World War PDF – WW1 PDF
Stockbridge, Frank P.
1920
History of the A. E. F. – WW1 PDF
Thomas, Shipley
1920
The A.E.F. was the American Expeditionary Force, the portion of the U.S. Army sent to Europe to participate in the war. World War 1 online read.