First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
The British West Indies Regiment: Race and...
The British West Indies Regiment: Race and Colour on the Western Front is a compelling and meticulously researched ex...
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The Armchair General World War One – Can Y...
(Century, 2023) £10, HB, 423 pagesISBN 978-1-529901-016 An eye-catching front cover. A publication date at the end o...
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Masters of Mayhem. Lawrence of Arabia and...
Casemate Publishers, 2018 £16-£20 HB 184pp b/w photos throughout ISBN 9781 61200 5744 Despite the title, the auth...
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Memoirs of the Great War: Complete and Una...
Legacy Books Press, (2022) £20.95, 472 pp. maps, b/w photos and index ISBN 978–1–927537– 65–7 It would be difficult t...
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The Flying Sikh The Story of a WW1 Fighter...
Pen & Sword, 2022 £25.00hb, 224pp, including b&w images ISBN: 9781399083294. Flying Ace, first–class cricket...
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A Great Hatred – The Assassination of Fiel...
Faber & Faber, 2022 £16.99, paperback 442 pages, notes, bibliography b/w photos and index ISBN 978–0–571–37281–2...
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A Voice from the Trenches 1914–18: From th...
(Blackthorn Press, 2020), £18.00, paperback, 192 pages with illustrations ISBN 978–1–906–25958–7 Bernard Eyre Walker’...
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The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and...
(Yale University Press 2021) £25.00, 533 pages, ISBN 978–0–300–25073–2 This is a weighty book in every sense. It is l...
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Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Hitler: Germany...
(Pen & Sword, 2021) £25.00, 368 pages, notes, sources, b/w photos and index. ISBN 978–1526–78333–2 Buy a copy her...
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The Boy Scouts in the Great War by Craig A...
(Pen & Sword, 2021) £19.99, hardback, 208 pages, 100 b/w illustrations ISBN: 978–1–52672–324–6 There’s plenty of...
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Of No Earthly Use. The 2nd Line Territoria...
(Helion, 2021) £29.95, paperback, 301 pages inc maps, index, notes and refs. plus 18 pages full colour photographs. I...
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'Tell England' by Ernest Raymond
'Tell England,' by Ernest Raymond, is a deeply moving and thought-provoking novel that captures the essence of the Fi...
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