Thanks for posting this. I’ve been reading WW1 books for years and have a keen interest in it ever since I got a book about it from my grandfather.
When I was young and during my 20s I used to tell people and friends that when they got down and felt that life was getting to be too hard or demanding, to read about the front during WWI and that it would help get them back into the proper perspective, that is a very depressing war.
If you have the chance, go see the World War I Museum in Kansas City at Liberty Memorial. This was re-built a decade ago (I had a small part in its renovation and addition) and it is the offical WWI musuem for the nation.
Its history can be read here
http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index.aspx?sid=110&gid=1&pgid=1114
The rest of that site is interesting as well. I would say it is a little hot to visit Kansas City this week — it might be more fun in the fall.