Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
The First World War, Vol.1. The Call to Arms …
Oxford University press, 2001, £30. ISBN: 0-19- 820877-4 Faced with outstanding reviews of Hew Stachan's book in the E…
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The Battlefields of the First World War: The …
Constable, 2005, hardback, 376pp, £50. Ills, maps, index, bibliog., 2 CD ROMS, ISBN 1 84119 745 9. Having collaborated …
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Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the …
Andy Robertshaw, David Kenyon Pen and Sword, £25.00, 207pp ills throughout, notes, index. ISBN 184415671-0. Since I ha…
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The White War: Life and Death on the Italian …
ISBN 10: 0571223346 ISBN 13: 9780571223343 Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2009 This is a well crafted and thoroughly…
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1914-1918 The History of the First World War …
Allen Lane (Penguin Books), 2004, £25, 729pp, index, bibliography. 1914-1918 is the product of the author's success at…
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The Indian Empire at War: From Jihad to Victo…
Little, Brown, £25.00, 582pp. hb, 27 ills, 7 maps, endnotes (guide to sources), glossary, list of dramatis personae, ind…
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The Indian Corps on the Western Front by Simo…
Richly illustrated throughout, with clear maps and explanatory plans, many contemporary black and white photographs and …
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Matron at War. The story of Katy Beaufoy (186…
An extraordinary life revealed through a diary of a nurse at the centre of efforts to save and comfort the sick and seve…
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The Killing of the Iron Twelve by Hedley Mall…
This compelling read begins by establishing the context whereby the German Army of occupation in 1914/1915 could execute…
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'Captain Professor - a life in war and peace'…
You will rarely find an autobiography that is this detailed and self-effacing. We learn 2/3rds into ‘Captain Professor -…
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Fortunino Matania's Vision of the First World…
Fortunino Matania's work is magnificent. It does for scenes of the First World War that only a Technicolor Movie could a…
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'Missing-Died-Survived. The Senior Brothers a…
‘Missing-Died-Survived’ is a rich, complex, family story told by the the grandson of the brother that survived. In his n…
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