Three Armies on the Somme
The First Battle of the Twentieth Century
Written by William Philpott

Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-27837-1 (0-307-27837-9)

For decades, the Battle of the Somme has exemplified the horrors and futility of trench warfare. Here William Philpott argues that the battle ultimately gave the British and French forces on the Western Front the knowledge and experience to bring World War I to a victorious end. Philpott shows that twentieth-century... Read more >

Remembering War the American Way

Written by G. Kurt Piehler

Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 17, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-145-7 (1-58834-145-3)

Wars do not fully end when the shooting stops. As G. Kurt Piehler reveals in this book, after every conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, Americans have argued about how and for what deeds and heroes wars should be remembered.

Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to Embalmer’s... Read more >

All Quiet on the Western Front
A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: September 29, 1996
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-449-91149-5 (0-449-91149-7)

Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single... Read more >

All Quiet on the Western Front

Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 12, 1987
Price: $6.99
ISBN: 978-0-449-21394-0 (0-449-21394-3)

This is the classic anti-war novel about young German soldiers during World War I. Twenty-year old Paul Baumer's world of work, duty, culture, and progress is shattered under the first bombardment in the trenches. He vows to fight against the principle of hate that pits young men of the same generation... Read more >

The Guns of August
Barbara Tuchman's Great War
Written by Barbara W. Tuchman

Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 8, 1994
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-38623-6 (0-345-38623-X)

With the book that won the Pulitzer Prize, historian Barbara Tuchman lucidly examines the critical moves of August, 1914 and the events that led up to World War I. With keen attention to detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Tuchman reveals how the war started, the... Read more >

The Proud Tower
A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara Tuchman's Great War
Written by Barbara W. Tuchman

Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: August 27, 1996
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-40501-2 (0-345-40501-3)

The fateful quarter-century leading up to the World War I was a time when the world of Privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of Protest was heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate. The age was the climax of a century of the most accelerated rate... Read more >

The Zimmermann Telegram
Barbara Tuchman's Great War
Written by Barbara W. Tuchman

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 12, 1985
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-32425-2 (0-345-32425-0)

In January of 1917, the war in Europe was, at best, a tragic standoff. Britain knew that Europe would be saved only if the U.S. joined the war. President Wilson was unshakable in his neutrality and in his efforts to mediate peace. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel... Read more >