First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
'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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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. Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI (1986) ISBN 10: 029910964XISBN 13: 97802991…
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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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