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Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War

By Peter Englund

A narrative history of World War I explores its impact on everyday men and women, drawing on diaries and letters by twenty individuals from various countries to present an international mosaic of perspectives.

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

By Erik Larson
With Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

Tuesday, December 8, 2015. 7:30 PM.

A chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania discusses the factors that led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as Woodrow Wilson, bookseller Charles Lauriat, and architect Theodate Pope Riddle.

First World War

By John Keegan

Chronicles the events of the conflict from early diplomatic efforts to avert war, through the nightmarish campaigns and battles, to the end of the war and its repercussions.

Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography

By Robert Graves

Robert Graves records the events of his life up to the age of thirty-three when he left his native land for Majorca.

Guns of August

By Barbara Wertheim Tuchman

A definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning re-creation of the Powderkeg that was Europe during the crucial first thirty days of World War I traces the actions of statesmen and patriots alike in Berlin, London, St. Petersburg, and Paris.

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

By Margaret Olwen Macmillan

Describes the six months following the end of the First World War when leaders of the great powers, as well as men and women from all over the world, all with their own agendas, converged on Paris to shape the peace.

The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War

By Tim Butcher

Relates the story of the teenager who changed world history when he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started the First World War, and discusses the lasting repercussions this event has had on the Balkans over the last century.

To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

By Adam Hochschild

Presents a history of World War I, focusing on the moral conflict between the proponents of the war and its critics in Great Britain.