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1	All Quiet on the Western Front more books like this by Erich Maria Remarque add to wishlist Remarque's famous novel about a soldier's experiences in World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Farewell to Arms more books like this by Ernest Hemingway add to wishlist Hemingway's second full-length novel, published in 1929, calls on his own experiences during World War I, when he worked for the Red Cross in Italy, was wounded after only six weeks on duty, and recuperated in a hospital in Milan, where he had a romance with a nurse. The blend of fact and imagination in A FAREWELL TO ARMS, however, is artful; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Razor's Edge more books like this by W Somerset Maugham add to wishlist Maugham traces the development of six friendships in Paris and London, evoking the sense of loss, despair, and unmoored personalities just after wartime. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Burning Shore more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist 'Centaine screamed and drove the point of her stave down into the jaws with all her strength. She felt the sharpened end bite into the soft pink mucous membrane in the back of its throat, saw the spurt of scarlet blood, and then the lion locked its jaws on the stave and with a toss of its flying mane ripped it out of her hands and sent it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Good-bye to all that; an autobiography more books like this by Robert Graves add to wishlist Robert Graves, English novelist, poet and essayist, describes the events of his youth, and how he came--along with the rest of the world--to the end of his innocence during World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.36! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World more books like this by Margaret MacMillan, Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by) add to wishlist This history of the Paris peace talks after World War I was a New York Times "Editor's Choice" for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Storm of Steel more books like this by Professor Ernst Junger, Michael Hofmann (Translator) add to wishlist A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, "Storm of Steel" illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, seen through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, JA1/4nger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
8	Johnny Got His Gun more books like this by Dalton Trumbo (Introduction by) add to wishlist One of the most famous antiwar novels ever written was first published in 1939, only two days after World War II began. It depicts the interior monologue of Joe Bonham, a World War I infantryman, as he lies helpless in a hospital after his arms and legs have been amputated and with injuries to his face that leave him unable to communicate. He ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Guns of August more books like this by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman add to wishlist Winner of a 1963 Pulitzer Prize, this profile of World War I captures the changes that took place at the turn of the 20th century, up until the tense days of the summer of 1914. Tuchman details these first several days of the conflict, paying special attention to people and events in the major capitals of Europe. She examines why the war began, as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Regeneration more books like this by Pat Barker add to wishlist In Craiglockhart war hospital, Doctor William Rivers attempts to restore the sanity of officers from World War I. When Siegfried Sassoon publishes his declaration of protest against the war, the authorities decide to have him declared mentally defective and send him to Craiglockhart. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The good soldier Svejk and his fortunes in the World War more books like this by Jaroslav Hasek add to wishlist An epic novel satirizing Austro-Hungarian society in the early years of the 20th century. The idiotic soldier Svejk serves as a kind of Czech Everyman: appearing both servile and uncomprehending to outsiders, he in fact has sharper view of the world than anyone around him. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	World War One: A Short History more books like this by Professor Norman Stone add to wishlist The First World War was the overwhelming disaster from which everything else in the twentieth century stemmed. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. The sheer complexity and scale of the war have encouraged historians to write books ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Three Day Road more books like this by Joseph Boyden add to wishlist In part inspired by the legend of Francis Pegamahgabow, the great Indian sniper of World War I, this novel is an impeccably researched and beautifully written story about two friends who become snipers--a searing reminder about the cost of war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The First World War more books like this by John Keegan add to wishlist In this history of World War I, a professor of military history discusses the causes of the war and provides in-depth analyses of the major battles on two fronts. He reports on the great changes Europe underwent as the result of the conflict, and how it was set up for the second conflict later in the century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Birdsong more books like this by S Faulks add to wishlist A bestseller in Britain, where it has been compared to "A Farewell to Arms", this novel about a clandestine love affair between an Englishman and a Frenchwoman is set against the backdrop of World War I. It includes vivid, harrowing, unforgettable battle scenes and a fascinating look at a little known area of the war: the setting of underground ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph more books like this by Thomas Edward Lawrence add to wishlist Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the monumental work that assured T.E. Lawrence's place in history as "Lawrence of Arabia". Not only a consummate military history, but also a colorful epic and a lyrical exploration of the mind of a great man, this is one of the indisputable classics of 20th century English literature. Line drawings throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	As the Crow Flies more books like this by Jeffrey Archer add to wishlist Charlie Trumper inherits his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrel and an empire is born. Not even World War I can stop Charlie from building a successful chain of department stores. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front more books like this by Peter Hart add to wishlist On July 1, 1916, the British Army launched the "Big Push" that was supposed to bring an end to the horrific stalemate on the Western Front. What resulted was one of the greatest single human catastrophes in 20th-century warfare. "The Somme" presents the definitive account of one of the bloodiest battles in world history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| SVS
19 view cover	Testament of Youth more books like this by Vera Brittain add to wishlist Written in 1933, this is a personal account of life during World War I. Based on diaries and letters written at the time, Brittain brings the years 1900 to 1925 to life with sharp perception and a lack of sentimentality. She bears witness to the loss of a generation of men including her brother and her fiance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Great War: Walk in Hell more books like this by Harry Turtledove add to wishlist In this, the second volume of Turtledove's reimagining of the First World War, he postulates what would have happened if the United States had split in two following the Civil War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Evidence of Things Unseen more books like this by Marianne Wiggins add to wishlist Marianne Wiggins writes about a man named Ray Foster, who fights in World War I and then returns home to the woman he loves--Opal, daughter of the local glassblower--with whom he lives through the staggering events of mid-20th-century history. The two produce a son who, years later, must endure his own confrontations with the world around him. A ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Seven Pillars of Wisdom more books like this by T E Lawrence add to wishlist Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed' that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant campaign which revolutionized the art of war. "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" recreates epic events with extraordinary vividness. In the words of E. M. Forster, 'Round ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $7.47! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I more books like this by John Ellis add to wishlist Millions of men lived in the trenches during World War I. More than six million died there. In Eye-Deep in Hell, the author explores this unique and terrifying world--the rituals of battle, the habits of daily life, and the constant struggle of men to find meaning amid excruciating boredom and the specter of impending death. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $12.54! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Origins of the First and Second World Wars more books like this by Frank McDonough, Richard Brown (Editor), David Smith, Rev. (Editor) add to wishlist An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. This text analyses the origins of the First and Second World Wars in one single volume, drawing on a wide range of material, including original sources. In concise chapters, Frank McDonough surveys the key issues surrounding the causes of the First and Second World Wars ... see all copies from $6.68! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Pity of War Explaining World War I more books like this by Niall Ferguson add to wishlist In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson makes a simple and provocative argument: that the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely Englands fault. Britain, according to Ferguson, entered into war based on nave assumptions of German aimsand Englands entry into the war transformed a Continental conflict into a world war, which they then badly ... see all copies from $6.94! new only from $9.37! \| first editions \| SVS

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