Category: Books

Publisher’s Description:’A gripping account of how, in the depths of the First World War, Russia’s greatest revolutionary was taken in a ‘sealed train’ across Europe and changed the history of the world.’

Publisher’s Description:’When war erupted in Europe in 1914, American journalists hurried across the Atlantic ready to cover it the same way they had covered so many other wars. However, very little about this war was like any other. Its scale, brutality, and duration forced journalists to write their own rules for reporting and keeping the American public informed.’

Publisher’s Description:’A true account of the experiences of 1st Sergeant John Russell Small – an American First World War veteran – written by his daughter. At the age of 89, Marian Small set out to tell the story of a 20 year old boy whose love of adventure took him in 1916 to join Brigadier-General John J. Pershing in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the Mexican bandit, and then in 1918 to the trenches in France.’Marian Small talks about her father here.

Publisher’s Description:By the time of the American entrance into World War I in April 1917 and World War II in December 1941, tens of thousands of Americans had already fought and died in those conflicts in the uniforms of other nations. This book tells the story of who these Americans were.’

Publisher’s Description:’The Great War caught a generation of American soldiers at a turning point in the nation’s history.’Pershing’s Crusaders offers a clear, close-up picture of the doughboys in all of their vibrant diversity, shared purpose, and unmistakably American character.

Publisher’s Description:’The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity. One hundred years on, the time is right for this accessible and authoritative account of China’s role and assessment of its national and international significance.’

Daphne Glazer’s novel is about a Sheffield family who in 1914 felt that it would be wrong to fight. The author tells Centenary News that her own father went to prison as a 19-year-old conscientious objector during the First World War.

Publisher’s Description:’The Territorials were never intended, trained or equipped for overseas service; their role was to defend the UK mainland against invasion. Yet men across Liverpool’s diverse communities volunteered for the Territorials in their thousands, forming the core of two divisions during the First World War’.

Centenary News verdict’This thought-provoking book, arguing that British and Commonwealth forces came close to forcing a major German retreat in autumn 1917, should at least challenge some pre-conceived notions about the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.’