First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
The Indian Empire at War: From Jihad to Vi...
Little, Brown, £25.00, 582pp. hb, 27 ills, 7 maps, endnotes (guide to sources), glossary, list of dramatis personae,...
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The Indian Corps on the Western Front by S...
Richly illustrated throughout, with clear maps and explanatory plans, many contemporary black and white photographs a...
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Matron at War. The story of Katy Beaufoy (...
An extraordinary life revealed through a diary of a nurse at the centre of efforts to save and comfort the sick and s...
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The Killing of the Iron Twelve by Hedley M...
This compelling read begins by establishing the context whereby the German Army of occupation in 1914/1915 could exec...
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'Captain Professor - a life in war and pea...
You will rarely find an autobiography that is this detailed and self-effacing. We learn 2/3rds into ‘Captain Professo...
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Fortunino Matania's Vision of the First Wo...
Fortunino Matania's work is magnificent. It does for scenes of the First World War that only a Technicolor Movie coul...
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'Missing-Died-Survived. The Senior Brother...
‘Missing-Died-Survived’ is a rich, complex, family story told by the the grandson of the brother that survived. In th...
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Lost in France. The Remarkable Life and De...
Not that familiar or even keen on football I was nonetheless drawn into the intricacies of the game and the intimate...
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The Gallipoli Oak by Martin Purdy and Ian...
Paperback: 174 pages Publisher: Moonraker Publishing; 1st edition (2013) ISBN-10: 0955447216 ISBN-13: 978-0955447211...
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The Indian Corps in France. Lt Col J.W .B....
The Indian Corps in France. Lt Col J.W .B.Merewether & Sir F. Smith: Reprint of 2nd edition, 1918, Naval & Mi...
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The Sons of John Company: The Indian & Pak...
1903-1991 Parapress. 1996. Hardback, 379 pp., £19.99. ISBN 1898594 414. [This review first appeared in Stand To! no....
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For King and Another Country: Indian Soldi...
Bloomsbury India, £25.00, 224pp. 41 ills, notes and refs, bibliog, index. ISBN: 978-83-84052-91-1 Shrabani Basu’s wo...
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