Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, WFA members and keen readers.
The Emperors: How Europe’s Rulers were destro…
By Gareth Rusell Amberley Publishing, 2015, £9.99, 227pp, soft covers; illustrated plus notes, bibliography and index A…
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‘Allies are a Tiresome Lot’: The British Army…
By John Dillon Helion & Co Ltd, Solihull, £29.95, 221pp, 15 ills,4 maps bibliog, notes and refs, index ISBN 978-1-…
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For King and Empire : Sailors Died in The Gre…
Geoff Bridger (Ed) Naval and Military Press DVD-CDROM, £45 plus VAT ISBN: 9781845749095 DVD Review by Niall Ferguson …
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This Bloody Place - With the Incomparable 29t…
By Major A H Mure (Foreword by Richard Van Emden) Pen & Sword, 2015, £16.58p, 208 pages ISBN-10: 1473857929 ISBN…
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Ypres 1914: Messines
By Nigel Cave & Jack Sheldon Pen and Sword, Barnsley, £12.99, 214 pp ills 7 maps throughout, German Order of Battle…
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Kitchener Wants You: the man, the poster and …
By Martyn Thatcher and Anthony Quinn Uniform Press, 2016, £14.99p, 168pp ISBN-10:1910500364, ISBN-13:978-1910500361 B…
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Blackest of Lies
By Bill Aitken CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015, Paperback, £10.297pp. Also available on Kindle. …
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Bretherton Khaki or Field Grey?
A novel by W.F.Morris, Published by Casemate Publishers, Paperback, £9.99, (ISBN: 978-1-61200-376-4) Book review by J…
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Shell Shock – The Crisis
By Taylor Downing Little Brown, 2016, £25.00, 399pp, 18 ills, 4 appendices, bibliog., 2 maps. ISBN: 9–781–408–706–619 …
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The German Army in the Offensives of 1917: Ar…
By Jack Sheldon Pen and Sword 2015, £25.00, 384pp, 55 ills, 13 maps, notes and refs, 2 appendices (including selective …
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Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire
By Peter Doyle and Robin Schäfer The History Press 2016, £20.00, 288pp, ills (in page), postscript (voices quoted), bi…
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The Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldiers’ o…
By Richard van Emden Pen and Sword, 2016, £20.00 hb, £11.99 pb and £15.00 e–book, 355pp, fully illustrated throughout, …
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