First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Ypres 1914: Messines
By Nigel Cave & Jack Sheldon Pen and Sword, Barnsley, £12.99, 214 pp ills 7 maps throughout, German Order of Batt...
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Kitchener Wants You: the man, the poster a...
By Martyn Thatcher and Anthony Quinn Uniform Press, 2016, £14.99p, 168pp ISBN-10:1910500364, ISBN-13:978-1910500361...
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Blackest of Lies
By Bill Aitken CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015, Paperback, £10.297pp. Also available on Kindle....
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Bretherton Khaki or Field Grey?
A novel by W.F.Morris, Published by Casemate Publishers, Paperback, £9.99, (ISBN: 978-1-61200-376-4) Book review by J...
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Shell Shock – The Crisis
By Taylor Downing Little Brown, 2016, £25.00, 399pp, 18 ills, 4 appendices, bibliog., 2 maps. ISBN: 9–781–408–706–619...
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The German Army in the Offensives of 1917:...
By Jack Sheldon Pen and Sword 2015, £25.00, 384pp, 55 ills, 13 maps, notes and refs, 2 appendices (including selectiv...
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Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire
By Peter Doyle and Robin Schäfer The History Press 2016, £20.00, 288pp, ills (in page), postscript (voices quoted), b...
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The Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldiers...
By Richard van Emden Pen and Sword, 2016, £20.00 hb, £11.99 pb and £15.00 e–book, 355pp, fully illustrated throughout...
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Zero Hour Z Day 1st July 1916: XIII Corps...
By Jonathan Porter Self–published, £30.00 hardback, £25.00 soft back, 500pp, ills, photographs and maps in monochrome...
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We are all Flourishing: The Letters and Di...
We are all Flourishing: The Letters and Diary of Captain Walter J J Coats MC 1914–1919 Helion & Co., Solihull, £2...
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Frederick George Scott: The Great War as I...
By F G Scott £16.99 (Amazon price), 327pp, Glossary, 1 map. ISBN: 978–077–354–425–3 Review by David Filsell (This rev...
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Letters from the Trenches – The First Worl...
By Jacqueline Wadsworth Pen & Sword, £ 19.99p, 174pp ISBN: 978–178–159–284–7 Book Review by Louise Gaede In...
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