# Recommend me some history books

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[What are some of your favorite history books? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-history-books/999255)

I have an interest in World War 1

- The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East\* Eugene L Rogan
- A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire\* Gregory Wawro
- Mimi and Toutou’s Big Adventure: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika\* GIles Foden

All three books describe the experience of the common soldiers and other people caught up in the mess that was the War to end all Wars, something often missing in military history.

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