Dan’s research and book list:
The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
The First World War
Germany’s Aims in the First World War
Cataclysm: The First World War as Political Tragedy
The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
A History of the Great War: World War One and the International Crisis of the Early Twentieth Century
War: The New Edition
Delbrück’s Modern Military History
The Art of War in Western World
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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Ancient Rome: The History of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire in the Words of Those Who Were There (Mammoth Books)
Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I
Storm of Steel: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Now It Can Be Told
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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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Peace to End All Peace, 20th Anniversary Edition
Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918
Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
Under Fire (Penguin Classics)
Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle
History in Quotations: Reflecting 5000 Years of World History
Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present
History of the Russian Revolution
Source Records of the Great War V5: A.D. 1917
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Ludendorff’s Own Story, August 1914-November 1918 The Great War – Vol. I: from the siege of Liège to the signing of the armistice as viewed from the Grand headquarters of the German army
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An English Wife in Berlin: A Private Memoir of Events, Politics, and Daily Life in Germany Throughout the War and the Social Revolution of 1918. Third Impression
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The Great War for Peace
The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
War of Attrition: Fighting the First World War
War Memoirs; Volume II, Part 1.
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Last Man Standing: The Memiors of a Seaforth Highlander During the Great War
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In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America’s Entry into World War I (Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace)
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Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic
Reluctant Tommy
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America’s Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)
Dictionary of Battles: 1816-1976.
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Rasputin: The Untold Story
Ryan M Savage –
This really brings to light a war that unfortunately fell to the wayside because of the cause of its successor. It changed the face of the way the world works and Dan really bring the individual soldiers experience to life.
JohnBossy –
I could never make head or tail of WWI till Dan came along. I could listen all day.
barrette86 –
Holy freaking amazing! I seriously cannot get enough. Just downloaded Ghosts of the Ostfront and I can’t wait to start it! To the guy who rated one star you are clearly a moron. Keep up the awesome work Dan and Ben!
Alexander –
Another excellent episode from this fantastic series. Each installment is equally good.
Golden_mushroom –
Just finished part 1 and was introduced because of the JRE podcast. Amazing and cant wait to listen to every one of these makes my 8 hrs of work go by in a flash. Keep up the good work.