Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, WFA members and keen readers.
Battle: Passchendaele 1917: Evidence of War’s…
Battle: Passchendaele 1917: Evidence of War’s Reality. 144 pages. (Travelling Light Ltd, 62 West Hill, London SW18. Pbk.…
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The Half Shilling Curate: A Personal Account …
Foreword by Hugh Pym Helion & Co., £25.00, 194pp, many ills, 2 maps, short biographies of war-time colleagues, trib…
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Last Man Standing: the memoirs, letters and p…
Last Man Standing: the memoirs, letters and photographs of a teenage officer, Norman Collins. Pen and Sword Milita…
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The Vest Pocket Kodak & The First World War b…
Ammonite PRess, £7.99, hardback, 96pp, ills throughout, index. ISBN: 978-178-145-279-0 Jon Cooksey's evaluation of the…
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Hamilton Fish: Memoir of an American Patriot
Hamilton Fish: Memoir of an American Patriot by Hamilton Fish jr. This review by 'Gunner' first appeared in the West…
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The War to End all Wars. The American militar…
By Edward Coffman. The history of the American involvement in the Great War, first published in 1986 by OUP, has been t…
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The French Army at Verdun : new from Pen & Sw…
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Ian Sumner (South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military, 2016) Softback £14.99 …
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