Dan’s research and book list:
The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I
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A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
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The First World War
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Germany’s Aims in the First World War. (English and German Edition)
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Cataclysm: The First World War as Political Tragedy
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The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
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A History of the Great War: World War One and the International Crisis of the Early Twentieth Century
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War: The New Edition
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Delbrück’s Modern Military History
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The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon
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The Outline of History: The Whole Story of Man (2 Volumes)
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Eyewitness to History
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The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
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On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace
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The Clash of Nations, Its Causes and Consequences (Classic Reprint)
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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I: Over 180 First-Hand Accounts of the War to End All Wars
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Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I
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The Thin Yellow Line (Wordsworth Military Library)
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A history of strategic bombing
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The German Army at Ypres – 1914
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A German Deserter’s War Experiences: Fighting for the Kaiser in the First World War (Eyewitnesses from The Great War)
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Storm of Steel: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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Now It Can Be Told
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The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War
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Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900
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Why Not Kill Them All?: The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder
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All the Kaiser’s Men: The Life and Death of the German Army on the Western Front 1914-1918
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A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front
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Intimate Voices from the First World War: The Gripping Eyewitness History of WWI from All Sides of the Conflict
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Peace to End All Peace, 20th Anniversary Edition
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The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918 (Modern Wars)
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Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Ryan Magill –
Great! Just like the rest of the series.
barrette86 –
Holy freaking amazing! I seriously cannot get enough. Just downloaded Ghosts of the Ostfront and I can’t wait to start it! Keep up the awesome work Dan and Ben! Amazing series
nickstrode –
Very informative and great voice
Timothy –
Awesome
Col. Carl Caramel –
Man, this whole series is beyond incredible. Using generic review buzzwords like “captivating” or “enthralling” would do a disservice to describe Dan’s ability to tell a story.
Dan is like the Dr Seuss of war stories except there is no rhyming; ONLY MADNESS.