Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
‘The Pity of War’ (1998) Niall Ferguson
The title ‘The Pity of War’ says little about the book’s contents. The words are not those of the author, but rather ta…
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The Illusion of Victory - America in World Wa…
ISBN 0-465-02467-X. H/B, 543 pagesIn his inimitable style, Thomas Fleming has written a dramatic story of Presidential h…
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Outline. An Autobiography. Paul Nash.
Hardback, 280 pages 14 Colour illustrations 9 Black and White illustrations Published 16 October 2016 Edited by Davi…
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'Lady Under Fire On The Western Front : Lady …
ISBN: 978 1 84884 322 6 Publisher: Pen and Sword Books Ltd. Lady Dorothie Feilding was the first British woman to rece…
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Cambridgeshire Kitcheners: A History of the 1…
By Joanna Costin Pen and Sword (2016) £25.00 ISBN 9-781-47386-900-4 319pp 163 b/w photos Following the outbreak of…
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Douglas Haig War Diaries and Letters 1914-191…
ISBN: 0 297 84702 3 HB 550 pages £25.00 Published by Weindenfeld & Nicholson. Edited by Gary Sheffield & John…
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National Myth and the First World War in Mode…
By Peter Grant Hardback 303 pages 22 b/w illustrations (several in colour) Palgrave Macmillan (2017) Palgrave St…
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Julian Grenfell, soldier and poet: letters an…
Edited by Kate Thompson ISBN 978-0-9547561-1-6 Hardback, 362 pp, £25 Available from Hertfordshire Record Society (www…
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Old Soldier Sahib
ISBN: 0 9547252 1 12 Hb 269 pp Edited by Krijnen. H J & Langley. D E. In 1933 the first of two books by Frank Ric…
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Slaughter on the Somme 1st July 1916
Slaughter on the Somme 1st July 1916 The Complete War Diaries of the British Army's Worst Day Martin Mace & John …
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Letters From A Lost Generation
ISBN: 0-316-64664-4 Hardback 427 pp £18.99 Published by Little, Brown. In these days of emails and texts, letters ar…
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My Boy Jack by Tonie and Valmai Holt
A novel, if good, you may read cover to cover never putting it down; when you do put it down you are unlikely to read it…
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