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HIST 418, The Great War, 1914-1918

Featured Reference Books

Researching World War One

This book discusses the literature on all aspects of the war, making it an excellent starting point for anyone seeking guidance to the immense, and often daunting, body of World War I literature.

The Great War: From Memory to History

This book offers a new look at the multiple ways the Great War has been remembered and commemorated through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.

Writing the Great War: The Historiography of World War I from 1918 to Present

From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, studied and contested, producing a rich historiography shaped by the social and cultural circumstances of its creation.

The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War

Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders on all sides. He surveys the belligerent nations, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and strategic imperatives.

Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914

This encyclopedia offers current, detailed information on the major world powers of the nineteenth century and their global empires, as well as on the people, events, and ideas that shaped the Age of Imperialism, up to the on set of the First World War.

Historical Dictionary of World War I Intelligence

This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the world of intelligence in World War I and has over 400 hundred cross-referenced entries on intelligence organizations, the spies, and the major cases and events. 

Oxford Reference Online

Search selected dictionaries and encyclopedias from Oxford University Press:

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  • First World War 
  • Trench Warfare 

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Wiley Online Library

Formerly known as the Blackwell Reference Online, here you will be provided with authoritative, scholarly reference sources (dictionaries, handbooks and companions) in the social sciences and humanities.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Enter a search term in the box below to search selected dictionaries and encyclopedias from Gale:

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  • World War I
  • Battle of the Somme

Sage Knowledge

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