August 13, 2014 | SuzyQ
The battles of World War I were fought in Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific. In memory of the war's 100th anniversary, check out some of the library's many resources on this global event whose repercussions are still being felt today:
To conquer hell: the Meuse-Argonne, 1918 by Edward G. Lengel
Verdun: the longest battle of the Great War by Paul Jankowski
Castles of steel: Britain, Germany, and the winning of the Great War at sea by Robert K. Massie
Yanks: the epic story of the American Army in World War I by John S.D. Eisenhower with Joanne Thompson Eisenhower
Setting the desert on fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916/1918 by James Barr
The guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman ; [with a new foreword by Robert K. Massie]
The Berlin-Baghdad express: the Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power by Sean McMeekin
Three armies on the Somme: the first battle of the twentieth century by William Philpott
Hundred days: the campaign that ended World War I by Nick Lloyd
Gallipoli by Peter Hart
The Marne 1914: the opening of World War I and the battle that changed the world by Holger H. Herwig
Silent night: the story of the World War I Christmas truce by Stanley Weintraub
Eden To Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East by Roger Ford