First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Torchbearers of Democracy. African American S…
472 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 18 halftones, notes, bibl., index PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4696-0985-0Published: August 2013 The U…
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More Deadly Than War: the hidden history of t…
Henry Holt & Co 304 pages Reading age 12 -18 years Walt Disney. Age 16 in 1918 Walt Disney had an older brother…
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'Too Black, Too White' by Ely Green
‘Too Black, Too White’ is the fascinating autobiography of a smart, orphaned, unschooled boy of mixed ethnicity born in …
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In Flanders Fields by Leon Wolff
In the history of the Great War, are there two names more freighted with the encumbrance of ‘mud, blood and futility’ th…
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Great War Barcombe News from a Sussex Village…
Publisher: Country BooksISBN: 9781910489611 Edited by Ian Hilder Five years in post as the Digital Editor for The West…
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Major Tom's War by Vee Walker
The weave of Major Tom's War is such that at least two other books, possibly three, intertwine between its pages - the s…
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Children at War 1914–1918 by Vivien Newman
£14.99, Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2019. 176pp, soft covers, 50 ills. incl. endnotes, bibliography and index. Also avai…
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The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire…
Listening to The World’s War by David Olusoga narrated by Nigel Carrington is a joy. With a subtle change of accent the …
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Keeping the Old Flag Flying: The World War I …
By Mike Richardson Book Printing UK (2019), £12.99 (Amazon), 328pp, pb, 28 in page ills, 3 maps, sources, ISBN: 978–19…
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The Name Beneath the Stone by Robert Newcome
Universe Press, 2019, £10.99, pb. Ills. 350pp. ISBN: 9781912690558 In November, 1920, the body of an unknown soldier …
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DH9 From Ruin to Restoration: The Extraordina…
By Guy Black Grub St. £20 206 Pages 7 Appendices. ills throughout, bibliog, index ISBN: 9781908117335 As Guy Bla…
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Illustrating Armageddon: Fortunino Matania an…
By Jim Davies with a forward by Lucinda Gosling Unicorn Press £30.00 hb, 416pp, ills in monochrome and colour, no ind…
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