Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Kut: The Death of an Army.
Review by Timothy Heck. Kut’s tragedy rings out as “the most abject capitulation in Britain's military history." Given…
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The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army
Reviewed by David Filsell. In the last four years three new biographies of Douglas Haig have been published. Each, of t…
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Allied POWs in German Hands 1914 - 1918 (Imag…
Reviewed by Timothy Heck. Allied POWs in German Hands, 1914-1918 is an engaging collection of short chapters and con…
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Devil Dogs Chronicle: Voices of the 4th Marin…
Reviewed by Timothy Heck. Works on the American participation in World War I are understandably harder to come by than…
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Forgotten Victory
Book Review by David Filsell. Although published last year, lack of a publisher's copy has sadly long delayed the revie…
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The Great War, Memory and Ritual: Commemorati…
Book review by James Brazier. This is the latest volume in The Royal Historical Society's Studies in History series. Th…
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My Father's Son
Book Review by David Filsell. When Earl Haig died suddenly in 1928, his nine-year-old son succeeded to the title. Such…
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Verdun 1916
Book review by Anne Clayton. A major article in this issue of Stand To! is by Malcolm Brown, on Verdun. His book Verd…
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The Final Days 1918
Book review by Anne Clayton. The Final Days 1918 gives details of fifty-six VC winners who gained their awards during t…
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The Road to Victory 1918
Book review by Anne Clayton. The Road to Victory 1918 covers the fifty days between 8 August and 26 September when the …
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Suffrage and Power: The Women's Movement
Book review by James Brazier. The author is Lecturer in Women's Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London where…
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U.S. Infantry Weapons of the First World War
Book Review by Len Shurtleff. Mr Canfield is an internationally recognised specialist in twentieth century U.S. militar…
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