First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
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Brangwyn at War!
The Book: Brangwyn at War! By Dr Libby Horner Horner & Goldmark 1914 ISBN: PB 978-1909167-11-7 £25.00 The DVD: Ar...
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The Mountain War, A Doctor’s Diary of the...
By Dr Isaak A Barash Pen & Sword, 2021 £20.00, 220 pages, photographs and index ISBN 978–1–39909–310–1 [This boo...
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The British War of War by Andrew Lambert
Yale University Press 2021 £25.00, 533 pages ISBN 978–0–300–25073–2 [This book review first appeared in the April 202...
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The Fear of Invasion Strategy, Politics,...
Oxford University Press, £65.00, vi + 250pp, hb, index, notes and refs. ISBN: 978–019–880–519–9 [2022 Prices: £74 Har...
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Farnham in the Great War by Maurice Hewins
Printed and bound by Print2Demand Ltd. 17cm x 24cm 202 pages When I was asked to read and review Maurice Hewin's Farn...
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Roads to Glory by Richard Aldington
Roads to Glory Hard cover Chatto & Windus, 1934 (Originally published 1930) It took me three books in three step...
Read More![The Other First World War: The Blood–Soaked Russian Fronts 1914–1922 by Douglas Boyd](/media/29332/screenshot-2022-02-24-at-113136.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132901758951770000)
The Other First World War: The Blood–Soake...
The Other First World War: The Blood–Soaked Russian Fronts 1914–1922 The History Press, £16.99, 256pp, soft back, 38...
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Death of a Hero by Richard Aldington
Published by Chatto & Windus London, 1929 With reference to an unabridged edition. Paperback, 376 pages Published...
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Richard Aldington: Poet, Soldier and Lover...
The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 2014, 414pp. In Richard Aldington: Poet, Soldier and Lover, the author Vivien Whelp...
Read More![History's Greatest Heist: the Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks by Sean McMeekin](/media/29232/screenshot-2022-02-16-at-083004.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132894738093700000)
History's Greatest Heist: the Looting of R...
Yale, 2008 $38, 228 pp, ills, index. ISBN 978 0 3001 3558 9 This is a factual tale of cops and robbers, mainly robb...
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From the Dardanelles to Dunkirk by Peter H...
From the Dardanelles to Dunkirk Peter Hodgkinson and Andrew Rice Printed by Amazon, 2022. 299 pp. 19 photos, 8 maps...
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Film Review : '1918 The Battle of Kruty' b...
1918 The Battle of Kruty is top and tailed by a contemporary Ukrainian soldier visiting the memorial to those killed...
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