First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Futile Exercise? The British Army’s Prepar...
By Simon Batten Helion, £35.00, 235pp, hb, 48 ills, 4 maps, notes and refs, bibliog, index. ISBN: 978–191–151–285–1 B...
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Two Sides of the Same Bad Penny? Gallipoli...
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: 978–1...
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The Verdun Regiment. Into the Furnace: The...
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: Tre...
By Jan Vancoillie & Kristof Blieck Pen & Sword, £25.00 (E–book: £14.40), 294 pp, ills, 34 maps, bibliog., ind...
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Haig’s Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and G...
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 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...
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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. Amon...
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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...
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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...
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