First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
![Military Historian: My Part in the Birth and Development of War Studies 1966–2016 by Brian Bond](/media/6107/screenshot-2019-03-03-at-152112.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355193003930000)
Military Historian: My Part in the Birth a...
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...
On its hardback debut, a review in Stand To! noted that Stephanie Linden’s They called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress...
Read More![The Rungates Club](/media/6105/screenshot-2019-03-03-at-150924.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355193003770000)
The Rungates Club
In John Buchan’s The Rungates Club (Handheld Press, £11.00) old friends, survivors of the First World War, meet. Amon...
Read More![Glory of the Empires 1880-1914: The illustrated History of Military Uniforms and Traditions of Britain, France Germany, Russian and the United States](/media/6104/screenshot-2019-03-03-at-150417.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355193003600000)
Glory of the Empires 1880-1914: The illust...
By Wendell Schollander History Press, £32.50, 896pp, ills in monochrome and colour and throughout, picture credits, b...
Read More![Peacemakers. The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and its attempt to end War by Margaret Macmillan](/media/5959/wfa-peacemakers.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355193003470000)
Peacemakers. The Paris Peace Conference of...
John Murray, 2001 £25, xvii, 500pp, notes. ISBN 0 71955 939 1 There are many books about the Paris Peace Conference...
Read More![Death From the Skies. The Zeppelin Raids over Norfolk 19 January 1915 by R J Wyatt](/media/5919/wfa-death-from-the-skies-zeppelin-raids.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=131913543380100000)
Death From the Skies. The Zeppelin Raids o...
53 pages. Soft Cover. Twelve of illustrations, maps, references, appendices. Card covers. £6.95. Gliddon Books, Norwi...
Read More![Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Great War](/media/5346/1-joffreys-war-capture.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=131911105925870000)
Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the...
This book is probably one of the most valuable personal accounts of life as an infantryman in the Great War to have e...
Read More![Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny, Murder and the Australian Imperial Force](/media/5186/bad_characters.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=131911106651770000)
Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny, Murder...
Bad Characters is a very important new book. Not only is it scholarly, but it is also highly entertaining. It looks i...
Read More![Gallipoli : The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldiers' Words and Photographs.](/media/5179/gallipoli-dardanelles_disaster_cover.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=131911106644100000)
Gallipoli : The Dardanelles Disaster in So...
An insight into the book's origins by one of its authors, Stephen Chambers: During research for our recent book on Ga...
Read More![Jack and Hopit: A Cavalryman and his War Horse in the Great War](/media/4601/jack-and-hopit.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355193003470000)
Jack and Hopit: A Cavalryman and his War H...
Jack and Hopit: A Cavalryman and his War Horse in the Great War (Helion and Company) £16.95 Serena Merton This wa...
Read More![The Zeppelins: An Illustrated History by Phil Carradice](/media/4600/zeppelin.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355193003300000)
The Zeppelins: An Illustrated History by P...
This does exactly what it says in the title. It offers a concise history of the development of the Zeppelin airship f...
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Walking Ypres
Walking Ypres Pen & Sword Barnsley 2017 £15.99, 296 pp, pb ills & maps throughout. ISBN: 0-17815-900-3 Paul...
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