Welcome to our page marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice of World War One. On this page you can find links to free to access book chapters and journal articles on the First World War and in particular relating to the last year of the war and its legacy. Free access lasts until 31st December 2018.
Featured History Books
Featured Literature Books
Military History - Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press
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Neutral Macau, an ‘East Asian Casablanca’
- 16 June 2023,
- Histories of neutrality and collaboration in the Second World War tend to focus on Europe. Yet, considering these dynamics in Asia is essential to understand The post Neutral Macau, an ‘East Asian Casablanca’ first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....
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The First World War and the Middle Eastern Front
- 05 June 2023,
- The First World War was a war of empires that started in the Balkans and ended in the Middle East. Yet, some historians still see this war as a mostly European The post The First World War and the Middle Eastern Front first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....
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When War Knocks on the Door: What Do Civilians Do?
- 31 May 2023,
- WW2 Comparative History from BelowWritten by Claire Andrieu Unlike the objects of its title, the subject of this book did not fall from the sky. I did not set The post When War Knocks on the Door: What Do Civilians Do? first appeared on Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press....
Related Literature blogs:
Remembering the Armistice in America
''On November 11 2018, nations around the world will commemorate the centenary of the end of World War One, remembering the armistice that concluded the first truly global war and the deadliest and costliest conflict Europe had ever seen. In the UK ...''
Written by Mark Whalan, author of World War One, American Literature, and the Federal State
Poetry and the Centenary of the First World War
''When we first began to write about the poetry of the First World War, this current centenary lay some years ahead, and was only vaguely in our minds as a publishing end point. At the same time ...''
Written by Sally Minogue and Andrew Palmer, authors of The Remembered Dead: Poetry, Memory and the First World War
Related Modern American History blogs
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Part One: An Interview with Modern American History Editors, Darren Dochuk and Sarah B. Snyder
- 24 January 2023,
- New editors Darren Dochuk and Sarah B. Snyder. They discuss their background and the exciting future of Modern American History.
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Appetite for Destruction? Making Sense of the Interior Department’s Request to Destroy Files
- 05 November 2018,
- The ability of scholars to conduct research on important political, social, and environmental events in modern American history is under a pressing if seemingly...
Related Historical Journal blogs
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‘I had enough last war’: Remembering the First World War during the Second World War
- 03 April 2019,
- My article for the Historical Journal examines how the memory of the First World War shaped morale at the start of the Second World War.