World War I - fiction & non-fiction
- Beschrijving
- I have been doing some reading on World War I as the 100th anniversary approaches ... both fiction and non-fiction. What are some other good books?
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door Erich Maria Remarque
19,065 leden
403 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7.36
Toegevoegd 2014-07-12, 08:27 AM
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door Christopher Clark
2,068 leden
53 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.83
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
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- brewergirl, MichaelHodges
- Verklaringen
- brewergirl: Detailed coverage of lead up to war
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door Margaret MacMillan
3,230 leden
53 besprekingen
4.1
Score 5.35
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:57 AM
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- brewergirl, Bretzky1
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- brewergirl: Detailed history of peace process after the war and the various personalities involved.
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door Margaret MacMillan
1,224 leden
35 besprekingen
4.2
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:55 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Very detailed. Only covers the lead up to the war, not the war itself.
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door Dale C. Copeland
40 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-08-23, 11:45 PM
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door Barbara W. Tuchman
6,602 leden
125 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:55 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Detailed overview of first couple of months of the war.
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door Michael Korda
658 leden
14 besprekingen
4
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2014-07-12, 08:28 AM
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- aulsmith
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door Barbara W. Tuchman
2,788 leden
37 besprekingen
4
Score 3.04
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:55 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Interesting overview of world prior to the war. Each chapter covers a different country with a different focus.
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Novel of soldiers in psychiatric hospital during the war. Fictional but includes real historical figures.
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door Sebastian Faulks
6,089 leden
156 besprekingen
4
Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:58 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Novel of a soldier and his experience in trenches. Also a love story.
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door David Fromkin
2,175 leden
20 besprekingen
4.2
Score 2.46
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Detailed history of how countries were divided after the war.
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door Richard Rubin
252 leden
11 besprekingen
4.2
Score 2.38
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:57 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Personal interviews with WWI veterans done when most of them were over 100 years old.
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Novel is about a man from heartlands of USA who goes to fight in Europe.
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door Barbara W. Tuchman
1,507 leden
29 besprekingen
3.9
Score 2.2
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Events leading up to US entry into the war in 1917.
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door Robert Graves
3,690 leden
66 besprekingen
4
Score 2.15
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:57 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Memoir/autobiography with a focus on the WWI years.
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door Dalton Trumbo
3,698 leden
75 besprekingen
4.2
Score 2.11
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:58 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Novel of a soldier who lost all 4 limbs in WWI plus vision, hearing, and ability to speak.
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door David Fromkin
533 leden
8 besprekingen
3.9
Score 2.07
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 11:56 AM
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- brewergirl
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- brewergirl: Less detailed coverage of lead up to war
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door Miranda Carter
730 leden
25 besprekingen
3.9
Score 2.03
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 12:29 PM
- Member
- brewergirl
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door Catrine Clay
368 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
Score 2
Toegevoegd 2014-07-11, 12:30 PM
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- brewergirl