{"id":527,"date":"2014-11-21T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/?p=527"},"modified":"2014-11-21T20:21:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T20:21:17","slug":"world-war-1-readers-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/2014\/11\/21\/world-war-1-readers-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"World War 1:  A Reader&#8217;s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/files\/2014\/11\/sleep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-528\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/files\/2014\/11\/sleep-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"Sleepwalkers\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1224\/files\/2014\/11\/sleep-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1224\/files\/2014\/11\/sleep-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1224\/files\/2014\/11\/sleep.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As you are aware by now I am an historian, and a historian\u2019s answer to almost any question is something like: \u2018 there must be a book about that; I need to find it (them); I need to read it (them).\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind I want to provide a brief list of books that I have found helpful as I have tried to gain a better understanding of the war in which my great-uncle died. \u00a0This is by no means an extensive list \u2013 there have been thousands of books written about the war and I have not even scratched the surface. \u00a0Still, you have to begin somewhere. \u00a0If you find any of these interesting, do what trained historians do \u2013 keep reading!<\/p>\n<p>(S. Rubert)<\/p>\n<p>You can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/exploringww1\/2014\/08\/12\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\">full list of WW1 must-read books<\/a> on Dr. Rubert&#8217;s blog &#8216;Exploring WW1.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you are aware by now I am an historian, and a historian\u2019s answer to almost any question is something like: \u2018 there must be a book about that; I need to find it (them); I need to read it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/2014\/11\/21\/world-war-1-readers-guide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[784,225668],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-war-and-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":529,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/shpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}