First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Paris Noir : African Americans in the City of…
Tyler Stovall's motivation to write 'Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light' came from his own grandfather's…
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Scotts Official History of the American Negro…
Mr Emmett J Scott was Special Assistant to Hon, Newton D.Baker, Secretary of War - so he had to be circumspect. This…
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In the Trenches: A Russian Woman Soldier’s St…
£20.00, Potomac Books: University of Nebraska Press, 192pp, pb, maps, notes, index, Introduction by Lawrence M Kapla…
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Haig’s Tower of Strength. General Sir Edward …
£25, Pen & Sword, 294pp, 37 photographs, 10 maps. ISBN 1526722607. What a pleasure it is to say that this is a …
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Victory at Gallipoli: The German–Ottoman Alli…
Translation from the German by Tim Iredal £30, Pen & Sword Military, illustrations. ISBN 9781526768162. There has…
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For what we have done: The first attack on Be…
By Michael R B Mclaren £35.00 (Pb), Helion, 480pp, 107 b/w photos and illustrations, 16 maps. ISBN 978191239083 0. …
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November 1918: The German Revolution by Rober…
£20.00, 368pp, maps and black and white illustrations. ISBN 978019954647 3. What a delight – a serious, deeply res…
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The First World War in 100 Objects by Gary Sh…
The First World War in 100 Objects: The story of the Great War told through the objects that shaped it by Professor Gary…
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Staring at God: Britain in the Great War by S…
Penguin Random House £30 914pp, bibliog, ills, notes and refs, index. ISBN: 9781847948311 By Simon Heffer Before …
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In Haig’s Shadow: The Letters of Major– Gener…
Greenhill Books £19.99, 217 pages, including 2 appendices ISBN 9781784383534 Some might think that there is little …
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Belgium in the Great War by Jean-Michel Veran…
Belgium in the Great War Pen & Sword (2018), £25.00 hb, 226pp, 47 ills and maps. ISBN: 978–152–671–660–6 As the …
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WWI Crusaders: A band of Yanks in German by J…
WWI Crusaders: A band of Yanks in German – occupied Belgium help save millions from starvation as civilians resist the h…
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