Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, WFA members and keen readers.
Frederick George Scott: The Great War as I Sa…
By F G Scott £16.99 (Amazon price), 327pp, Glossary, 1 map. ISBN: 978–077–354–425–3 Review by David Filsell (This r…
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Letters from the Trenches – The First World …
By Jacqueline Wadsworth Pen & Sword, £ 19.99p, 174pp ISBN: 978–178–159–284–7 Book Review by Louise Gaede …
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'They Called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress in…
Helion, £25.00 (£22.00 direct from publishers) Hardback, 269pp, heavily illustrated, bibliog, indices. ISBN: 978–191–1…
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'A Nation in Arms; a social study of the Brit…
2796pp., casebound. £25. Manchester University Press. [This review, by 'Obturator' first appeared i the Summer 1985 edi…
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The First Battle of Britain
The Air Defence of Britain 1914-1918. Putnam/Bodley Head. 486pp. £25. (1984 price). Christopher Cole & E.F. Cheesem…
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The War Walk: A Journey along the Western Fro…
228 pp., casebound. £11.50 Robert Hale. “And I felt a great longing to be liberated from these few hundred yards of ant…
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Billy Congreve. Armageddon Road: A VC’s Diary…
A VC’s Record. Major William La Touche Congreve, VC, DOS, MC, was killed by a sniper on 20 July 196. He left behind a …
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White Heat: The New Warfare 1914
The appearance of a new book from our President is always an exciting event and the publications of White Heat is no …
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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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