First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
The Great War and the French People by Jean-J…
343pp. Hardback £25 (1986 price) Paperback £8.95 Berg Publishers Ltd. The effect of modern war on civil populations…
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With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and defea…
Publisher: Allen Lane (2011) Hardcover: 688 pages, Glossary, index, maps, photographs ISBN: 978-0713998405 I…
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Great War to Race Riots by Madeline Heneghan …
Madeline Heneghan and Emy Onuora Writing on the Wall Toxteth Library Windsor Street Liverpool L8 1XF Published by …
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Tommy French: How British First World War Sol…
£19.99, Pen & Sword, 2021, 224 pp 30 b/w illustrations ISBN: 9781526765925 [This review by Rachel Duffett first …
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Animal War Heroes (1933) by Peter Shaw Baker
Though published nearly 90 years ago, Animal War Heroes is as much a delight to read today as I’m sure it was in the 193…
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Black Poppies by Stephen Bourne
The History Press (2019) Second Edition 256 pages ISBN-10 : 0750990821 ISBN-13 : 978-0750990820 If you are i…
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Britain's Railways in the First World War by …
Publisher : Pen & Sword Transport (2 July 2021) Hardcover : 280 pages, Appendices, glossary, index, photogr…
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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
Edited by David Killingray and Howard Phillips Routledge (2003) 390 pages ISBN 9780415510790 There is so much to l…
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Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak …
336 pages Belknap Press Publication Date: 10/14/2013 ISBN 9780674725935 ‘Dance of the Furies’ by Michael S Neiberg i…
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Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis
Published by Published by Peter Davies Ltd. First Edition June 1936 Sagittarius Rising covers Cecil Lewis’s life as a …
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War Books by David Filsell 2005
War Books: A reflection on some contemporary views by David J. Filsell, for Stand To! No.74 September 2005 'Frightened …
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Empires at War 1911 - 1923 Edited by Prof. Ro…
OU Press 17 August 2015 pp.243 ISBN 9780198734932 When I sit down to read about the First World War, I usually grab a…
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