This list contains a selection of books on World War I, using APA style citations.
Reference works
Ellis, Robert, John, and Mike Cox. The World War I Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for All the Combatants (2002) Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed. 1922) comprises the 11th edition plus three new volumes 30–31–32 that cover events since 1911 with very thorough coverage of the war as well as every country and colony. partly online in ascii, with guide to article titles full text of vol 30 Abbe to English History scans of each page of vol 30–31–32 Herman, Gerald. The Pivotal Conflict: A Comprehensive Chronology of the First World War, 1914–1919 (1992) 824pp Higham, Robin and Dennis E. Showalter, eds. Researching World War I: A Handbook (2003), highly detailed historiography, stressing military themes; annotates over 1000 books Hirschfeld, Gerhard, Gerd Krumeich and Irina Renz, eds. Brill's Encyclopedia of the First World War. (2012) . 1105 pgs. (2 vol.) international scope: showcasing the work of recognized World War I experts from 15 countries google books link Horne, John, ed. (2012). A Companion to World War I. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. March, Francis Andrew and Richard Joseph Beamish History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War (1919), popular contemporary history. Paxson, Frederic Logan et al. War cyclopedia: a handbook for ready reference on the great war (1918) online edition
Tucker, Spencer, ed. The Encyclopedia of World War I: A Political, Social, and Military History (5 vol 2005), online at eBook.com, the most detailed reference source; articles by specialists cover all aspects of the war Tucker, Spencer, ed. European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia (1999) Winter, Jay, ed. (2014). The Cambridge History of the First World War (3 vol. Cambridge University Press, 2014) online review
Atlases and maps Banks, Arthur (2001). A Military Atlas of the First World War. Barnsley: Leo Cooper reprinted by Pen & Sword. Bekers, Willem, and Ronald De Meyer. "War on scale: models for the First World War battlefront." in The intellectual response to the first world war: how the conflict impacted on ideas, methods and fields of enquiry (Sussex Academic Press, 2017) pp. 185–204. online Chasseaud, Peter. Mapping the first world war (HarperCollins UK, 2013). Espenhorst, Jürgen. "A good map is half the battle! The military cartography of the central powers in World War I." In History of military cartography (Springer, Cham, 2016) pp. 83–130. Espenhorst, Jürgen. "The Eye of the Army: German Aircraft and Aero Cartography in World War I." In History of Military Cartography (Springer, Cham, 2016) pp. 61–82. Esposito, Vincent J. The West Point Atlas of American Wars: 1900–1918 (1997) despite the title covers entire war; online maps from this atlas Gregory, Derek. "Gabriel's map: Cartography and corpography in modern war." In Geographies of knowledge and power (Springer, Dordrecht, 2015) pp. 89–121. Hammond's frontier atlas of the world war: containing large scale maps of all the battle fronts of Europe and Asia, together with a military map of the United States (1916) online free Kaufmann, H. W., and J. E. Kaufmann. Verdun 1916: The Renaissance of the Fortress (Pen and Sword, 2016).
Overviews Beckett, Ian F. W. (2007). The Great War: 1914–1918. New York: Routledge. A thematic and comprehensive history which provides a complete picture of the war. Carver, Field Marshal Lord. War Lords. (1976) Includes brief bios of Hamilton, Foch, Haig, Falkenhayn Clare, John D., First World War (1994) Cruttwell, C. R. M. F. A History of the Great War, 1914–1918 (1934), general military history online free Evans, David. Teach yourselfthe First World War. (Hodder Arnold, 2004) Falls, Cyril. The Great War (1960), general military history Gerwarth, Robert, and Erez Manela. "The Great War as a Global War: Imperial Conflict and the Reconfiguration of World Order, 1911–1923." Diplomatic History 38.4 (2014): 786–800. online Gerwarth, Robert, and Erez Manela, eds. Empires at War: 1911–1923 (2014), 12 very wide-ranging essays by scholars. excerpt Gilbert, Martin (2004). The First World War: A Complete History. New York: Holt Halpern, Paul G. A Naval History of World War I (1995)
Hart, Peter (2013). The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Herwig, Holger H. (2009). The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Herwig, Holger H. and Neil Heyman. Biographical Dictionary of World War I (1982), scholarly sketches of the main military and political leaders of every country. Hochschild, Adam (2012). To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918. Boston and New York: Mariner Books. Howard, Michael. The First World War: A Very Short Introduction (2007), by a leading historian excerpt and text search Hubatsch, Walther. Germany and the Central Powers in the World War, 1914–1918 (1963)
Keegan, John (2000). The First World War. New York: Vintage.
Liddell-Hart, Basil H. (2012). World War I in Outline. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing. Morrow Jr., John H.. The Great War: An Imperial History (2003), covers British Empire excerpt and text search
Philpott, William (2014). War of Attrition: Fighting the First World War. New York: Overlook Press. Robbins, Keith. The First World War (1993), very short overview Simkins, Peter, Geoffrey Jukes, and Michael Hickey (2003). The First World War: The War to End All Wars. Foreword by Hew Strachan. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Stevenson, David. Cataclysm: The First World War As Political Tragedy (2004) major reinterpretation, 560pp Stokesbury, James. A Short History of World War I (1981) Storey, William K. (2010). First World War: A Concise Global History. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Strachan, Hew. The First World War: Volume I: To Arms (2004): a major scholarly synthesis. Thorough coverage of 1914–16; 1245pp Strachan, Hew. The First World War (2004): a 385pp overview Strohn, Matthias, ed. (2013). World War I Companion. Osprey Publishing. Tucker, Spencer C. (1998). Great War, 1914–18. London: UCL Press. Winter, J. M. The Experience of World War I (2nd ed 2005), topical essays;
Primary sources, documents and year books Collins, Ross F. ed. World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919 (Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time) (2007) West Port, CN; London: Greenwood Press, 425pp , Gooch, G. P. Recent Revelations Of European Diplomacy (1940), 475pp summarizes memoirs of major participants Gooch, G. P. & Harold Temperley, eds. British Documents on the Origins of the War 1898–1914 Volume XI, the Outbreak of War Foreign Office Documents (1926) online French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The French Yellow Book: Diplomatic Documents (1914) Mombauer, Annika (2024). The Origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and Military Documents. Manchester and London: Manchester University Press. online Hazell's Annual for 1916 (1916), worldwide events of 1915; 640pp online; worldwide coverage of 1915 events; emphasis on Great Britain New International Year Book 1914 (1915), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs for year 1914, 913pp New International Year Book 1915 (1916), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 791pp New International Year Book 1916 (1917), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 938pp New International Year Book 1917 (1918), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 904 pp New International Year Book 1918 (1919), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 904 pp New International Year Book 1919 (1920), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 744pp New International Year Book 1920 (1921), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 844 pp New International Year Book 1921 (1922), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 848 pp Shevin-Coetzee, Marilyn (2010). World War I: A History in Documents. (Oxford University Press).
Official histories Countries on both sides of the conflict published official histories, including the following:
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Causes and diplomacy
Albertini, Luigi. The Origins of the War of 1914. New updated edition with an introduction by Samuel R. Williamson. 3-vol. paperback set (New York: Enigma Books, 2005)
Aksakal, Mustafa. "The Ottoman Road to War in 1914: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War." (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Henig, Ruth B. (1993). The Origins of the First World War. Florence, KY: Routledge. Hewitson, Mark (2004). Germany and the Causes of the First World War. Oxford: Berg Publishers.
Kennan, George (1984). The Fateful Alliance: France, Russia, and the Coming of the First World War. New York: Pantheon Books.
McMeekin, Sean (2011). Russian Origins of the First World War. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Mombauer, Annika (2013). The Origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and Military Documents. Manchester and London: Manchester University Press. Mulligan, William (2010). The Origins of the First World War. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
Ponting, Clive. Thirteen Days: Diplomacy and Disaster – The Countdown to the Great War (2002)
Remak, Joachim (1995). The Origins of World War I, 1871–1914. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.
Early peace negotiations Zelikow, Philip D. The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917. PublicAffairs, 2021
Allied Forces Britain French, David. British Strategy and War Aims 1914–1916 (Routledge, 2014) Holmes, Richard. Tommy: the British soldier on the Western Front, 1914–1918 (Marshall Pickering, 2004) Messenger, Charles. Call To Arms: The British Army 1914–1918 (2005) Pegler, Martin. British Tommy 1914–18 (1996) Sheffield, Gary D. Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale, and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War (St. Martin's Press, 2000) Watson, Alexander. Enduring the Great War: Combat, morale and collapse in the German and British armies, 1914–1918 (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Australia and New Zealand
Davison, Graeme, John Hirst, and Stuart Macintyre, eds. The Oxford Companion to Australian History (2001) Online at OUP Grey, Jeffrey. A military history of Australia (Cambridge University Press, 1st ed: 1999; 3rd ed: 2008 ) Pugsley, Christopher. The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in the First World War (2004)
Canada Berton, Pierre. Marching As To War, Canada's Turbulent Years 1899–1953 (2001), ch 2; Popular narrative Cook, Tim. "Quill and Canon: Writing the Great War in Canada," American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 35, 2005 Dickson, Paul Douglas. A Thoroughly Canadian General: A Biography of General H.D.G. Crerar (2007) excerpt and text search Granatstein, Jack, and J.M. Hitsman, Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada (1977) Hunter, Mark C. To Employ and Uplift Them: The Newfoundland Naval Reserve, 1899–1926 (2009) Milner, Marc. Canadian Military History. Toronto: Copp Clark Putnam, 1993. Includes problems of Canadian recruiting and the 1917 draft crisis (with its problems over Quebec) Morton, Desmond, and J. L. Granatstein Marching to Armageddon: Canadians and the Great War 1914–1919 (1989)
Vance, Jonathan F. Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War (1997), cultural history Wade, Mason. The French Canadians, 1760–1945 (1955), ch 12
Africa, South Africa
Miller, Charles. Battle for the Bundu: the First World War in East Africa. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974.
India
China Xingqing, Gu. Ou zhan gong zuo hui yi lu (欧战工作回忆录; Reminiscences on my work during the European War) (1937).