General History

Book cover of On a Knife Edge by Holger Afflerbach, featuring silhouettes of soldiers against an orange-red sky. Subtext: How Germany's wartime politics and strategy led to losing the First World War.

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On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War

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The Clever Teens' Guide to World War One

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Children in uniforms wave various national flags on the cover of Playing Soldier, a visual history by Richard Cheek. Text is red, green, black and yellow on a light teal or gray background.

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Playing Soldier: The Books and Toys That Prepared Children for War, 1871–1918

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The cover of The Outbreak of the First World War by Hew Strachan highlights the causes of the First World War, featuring a historic photo of soldiers waving from a train, set against red and beige tones.

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First World War: The Outbreak of the First World War

Book cover titled Tracing Your First World War Ancestors: Second Edition by Simon Fowler. Features a soldier photo, medals, and a memorial.

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Tracing Your First World War Ancestors: A Guide For Family Historians

$40.00

The German Corpse Factory: A Study in First World War Propaganda

Cover of Misfire by Paul Miller-Melamed, featuring a historic black-and-white photograph and a bold red background. The subtitle reads: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Winding Road to World War I Origins.

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Misfire: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Winding Road to World War I

Cover of The Old Front Line by Stephen Bull, showcasing preserved trenches from the Western Front in a grassy landscape overlaid with white text.

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The Old Front Line: The Centenary of the Western Front in Pictures

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The Great War Illustrated 1916

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Cover of a book titled In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War, depicting soldiers in historical uniforms from 1914-1915.

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In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War, Volume I

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Anarchist Perspectives in Peace and War, 1900-1918

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14-18: Understanding the Great War

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The Eastern Front 1914-1920

Book cover for The Western Front: 1914-1916 featuring a black and white photo of soldiers climbing a trench. It includes text: The History of World War I and author Michael S. Neiberg.

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The Western Front 1914-1916 (The History of World War I)

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The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On

Cover of The Great War, 1914-18, edited by R. J. Q. Adams, featuring a historical photo of soldiers in a trench

$46.00

The Great War, 1914-1918: Essays on the Military, Political and Social History of the First World War

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Of Little Comfort

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Cover of the book War in Peace featuring two soldiers in uniform, edited by Robert Gerwarth and John Horne,

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War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War

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Cataclysm: The First World War as Political Tragedy

The book cover of The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson showcases a poignant black-and-white photo of a soldier resting in a cart during World War I.

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The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I

Book cover of Stealing Horses to Great Applause by Paul W. Schroeder is a plain white background with simple blue text telling the book's title. There is smaller red text that reads, The origins of the first world war reconsidered.

$40.00

Stealing Horses to Great Applause: The Origins of the First World War Reconsidered

Cover of Itll All Be Over By Christmas by John Wilton, featuring an array of World War I postcards in the background, capturing poignant glimpses of the war effort.

$30.00

It'll All be Over by Christmas: The First World War in Postcards

Book cover of The Road Less Traveled by Philip Zelikow, illustrating soldiers in uniform walking in formation during World War I.

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The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917 [Paperback]

Cover of In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War depicting four soldiers in uniform, standing resolutely with an American flag in the background.

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In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War, Volume 2

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