Research Guides: From Active Duty to Veteran: Honoring Military Service in America: World War I

Books in the Catalog

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Call Number: D530 .T8
Publication Date: 1962
3rd Floor Stacks

From Amazon.com..."In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world."
The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks; Caanan White (Illustrator)
Call Number: D570.33 369th .B76 2014
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
1st Floor - Permanent Reserve

From Amazon.com..."THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS is a fictionalized account of the 369th Infantry Regiment—the first African American regiment mustered to fight in World War I."
The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund
Call Number: D640.A2 E5413 2011
Publication Date: London : Profile, 2011.
Englund examines the history of World War I through the experiences of the average man and woman-- not only the tragedy and horror but also the absurdity and even, at times, the beauty. In a brilliant mosaic of perspectives that moves between the home front and the front lines, he reconstructs the feelings, impressions, experiences, and shifting spirits of twenty particular people, allowing them to speak not only for themselves but also for all those who were in some way shaped by the war, but whose voices have been forgotten, rejected, or simply remained unheard.

Images of World War I

World War I in Photos

One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1914, a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million people, dramatically redrew the maps of Europe, and set the stage for the 20th Century.

A 10-Part Series By Alan Taylor