Bibliography
To End All War
The War Poets, by Robert Giddings, (Orion Books, New York, 1988); A fascinating book full of photographs, art, poetry and commentary that focuses on the lives and writings of Rupert Brooke, Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden and the other great poets of the 1914-1918 War.
Poetry of the Great War: An Anthology, edited by Dominic Hibberd and John Onions, (St. Martin's Press, New York, 1986); This anthology presents a wide view of what was humorously protested as a "Serious Outbreak of Poets" on the home front, including 184 poems by the British war poets.
All Quiet on the Western Front , by Erich Maria Remarque, (Bucchaneer Books, Inc., New York, 1983); First published in 1929, the same year as Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and several influential memoirs of the war, this acclaimed novel tells a story of German soldiers in the trenches.
What I Really Wrote About the War, by George Bernard Shaw, (Brentano's, New York, 1931); A collection of essays, articles, letters-to-the-editors and to friends and associates assembled by this keen-witted author in an attempt not to be misinterpreted or misunderstood with regards to his acerbic opinions on the Great War.
History of World War I, Taylor, A. J. P., editor-in-chief, (Octopus Books, 1974); An engaging, large format "coffee-table" book full of pictures, maps, photos and articles on most all aspects of the war.
Poets of World War I, by John Press, (Profile Books Ltd., 1983); A short introduction to the War Poets including only parts of their works, but containing an interesting chapter, "What the Soldiers Sang", and some very nice selected bibliographies for sixteen poets.
Men Who March Away: Poems of the First World War, edited by I. M. Parsons, (Viking Press, 1965); A small anthology of one hundred and nine poems by the young War Poets, and poems by older poets who were deeply affected by the war.
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