First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Pandora’s Box: A History of the Great War
By Jörn Leonhard Harvard University Press, £20.62, 1,104 pp, 10 maps, in page ills, notes and refs, bibliog, index. IS…
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Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good–by…
By Jean Moorcroft Wilson Bloomsbury, £12.95, 460pp, 24 ills, list of abbreviations, notes, index. ISBN: 978–147–292–9…
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Futile Exercise? The British Army’s Preparati…
By Simon Batten Helion, £35.00, 235pp, hb, 48 ills, 4 maps, notes and refs, bibliog, index. ISBN: 978–191–151–285–1 Ba…
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Two Sides of the Same Bad Penny? Gallipoli an…
Editor Michael LoCicero Helion, £26.96, hb, 266pp, 22 ills, 4 maps, notes, refs and index. ISBN: 978–191–109–668–9 Th…
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A Battle too Far: Arras 1917
By Don Farr Helion, £29.95, 352pp. 16 b/w and 12 col. Ills, 24 b/w maps, footnotes, bibliog, appendices, index. ISBN:…
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Britain and Victory in the Great War (ed)
Edited Peter Liddle Pen & Sword, £25.00, 374pp, 74 b/w ills, 12 maps, notes, refs, bibliog and index. ISBN: 978–14…
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The Verdun Regiment. Into the Furnace: The 15…
By Johnathan Bracken Pen & Sword, £25.00, 269pp, hb, 30 ills, maps, notes, refs, bibliog and index. ISBN: 978–152–…
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Defending the Ypres Front 1914 – 1918: Trench…
By Jan Vancoillie & Kristof Blieck Pen & Sword, £25.00 (E–book: £14.40), 294 pp, ills, 34 maps, bibliog., index…
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Haig’s Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germ…
By Jonathan Boff Oxford University Press, £25.00, 373pp, maps, ills throughout, index. ISBN: 978–019–967–046–8 (This…
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Military Historian: My Part in the Birth and …
By Brian Bond Helion, £19.95, 152pp, hb, ills. ISBN: 978–191–239–040–3 Brian Bond is one of the most significant Br…
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They called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress in …
On its hardback debut, a review in Stand To! noted that Stephanie Linden’s They called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress in …
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The Rungates Club
In John Buchan’s The Rungates Club (Handheld Press, £11.00) old friends, survivors of the First World War, meet. Among t…
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