First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
A Great Hatred – The Assassination of Fiel...
Faber & Faber, 2022 £16.99, paperback 442 pages, notes, bibliography b/w photos and index ISBN 978–0–571–37281–2...
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A Voice from the Trenches 1914–18: From th...
(Blackthorn Press, 2020), £18.00, paperback, 192 pages with illustrations ISBN 978–1–906–25958–7 Bernard Eyre Walker’...
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The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and...
(Yale University Press 2021) £25.00, 533 pages, ISBN 978–0–300–25073–2 This is a weighty book in every sense. It is l...
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Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Hitler: Germany...
(Pen & Sword, 2021) £25.00, 368 pages, notes, sources, b/w photos and index. ISBN 978–1526–78333–2 Buy a copy her...
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The Boy Scouts in the Great War by Craig A...
(Pen & Sword, 2021) £19.99, hardback, 208 pages, 100 b/w illustrations ISBN: 978–1–52672–324–6 There’s plenty of...
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Of No Earthly Use. The 2nd Line Territoria...
(Helion, 2021) £29.95, paperback, 301 pages inc maps, index, notes and refs. plus 18 pages full colour photographs. I...
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'Tell England' by Ernest Raymond
'Tell England,' by Ernest Raymond, is a deeply moving and thought-provoking novel that captures the essence of the Fi...
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Lewesians in the Great War by Graham Mayhew
First and foremost, I should state that I have a personal interest in this book. 'Lewesians in the Great War', writte...
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Reclaiming the Salient: Resurrecting the G...
By Roger Steward £19.95 paperback: 240 pages, bibliography, index, photographs ISBN: 978-115113-67-2 Helion, 20...
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'Misfire: The Sarajevo Assassination and...
Oxford University Press, 2022 £22.99 Hardback 194 pages, 32 images, 4 maps. ISBN 9780195331042. It is sometimes sai...
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Film Review : All Quiet on the Western Fro...
[This article first featured in edition No.123 of Bulletin (page 48). Members received this, our in-house magazine th...
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Etched in Memory : The Elevated Art of J.A...
Etched in Memory: The Elevated Art of J. Alphege Brewer By Benjamin S. Dunham Peacock Press Mytholmroyd United Kingdo...
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