First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
!['They Called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress in the First World War' by Stefanie Linden](/media/2791/shell-shock-book-cover-i.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192988330000)
'They Called it Shell Shock: Combat Stress...
Helion, £25.00 (£22.00 direct from publishers) Hardback, 269pp, heavily illustrated, bibliog, indices. ISBN: 978–191–...
Read More!['A Nation in Arms; a social study of the British Army in the First World War' by Ian F W Beckett and Keith Simpson.](/media/2407/nation-in-arms.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=131473049356470000)
'A Nation in Arms; a social study of the B...
2796pp., casebound. £25. Manchester University Press. [This review, by 'Obturator' first appeared i the Summer 1985 e...
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The First Battle of Britain
The Air Defence of Britain 1914-1918. Putnam/Bodley Head. 486pp. £25. (1984 price). Christopher Cole & E.F. Chees...
Read More![The War Walk: A Journey along the Western Front. Nigel H Jones.](/media/2388/the-war-walk.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192988170000)
The War Walk: A Journey along the Western...
228 pp., casebound. £11.50 Robert Hale. “And I felt a great longing to be liberated from these few hundred yards of a...
Read More![Billy Congreve. Armageddon Road: A VC’s Diary, 1914-1916. Ed Terry Norman.](/media/2385/armageddon-road.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192988030000)
Billy Congreve. Armageddon Road: A VC’s Di...
A VC’s Record. Major William La Touche Congreve, VC, DOS, MC, was killed by a sniper on 20 July 196. He left behind...
Read More![White Heat: The New Warfare 1914](/media/2381/white-heat.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192987870000)
White Heat: The New Warfare 1914
The appearance of a new book from our President is always an exciting event and the publications of White Heat is n...
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Battle: Passchendaele 1917: Evidence of Wa...
Battle: Passchendaele 1917: Evidence of War’s Reality. 144 pages. (Travelling Light Ltd, 62 West Hill, London SW18. P...
Read More![The Half Shilling Curate: A Personal Account of War and Faith 1914-1918 by Sarah Reay](/media/2279/half-shilling.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192987570000)
The Half Shilling Curate: A Personal Accou...
Foreword by Hugh Pym Helion & Co., £25.00, 194pp, many ills, 2 maps, short biographies of war-time colleagues, tr...
Read More![Last Man Standing: the memoirs, letters and photographs of a teenage officer](/media/2109/last-man-standing.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133355192987400000)
Last Man Standing: the memoirs, letters an...
Last Man Standing: the memoirs, letters and photographs of a teenage officer, Norman Collins. Pen and Sword Milita...
Read More![The Vest Pocket Kodak & The First World War by Jon Cooksey](/media/20915/vest-pocket-kodak-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132661625649400000)
The Vest Pocket Kodak & The First World Wa...
Ammonite PRess, £7.99, hardback, 96pp, ills throughout, index. ISBN: 978-178-145-279-0 Jon Cooksey's evaluation of th...
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Hamilton Fish: Memoir of an American Patriot
Hamilton Fish: Memoir of an American Patriot by Hamilton Fish jr. This review by 'Gunner' first appeared in the Wes...
Read More![The War to End all Wars. The American military experience in World War I](/media/18504/the-war-to-end-all-wars.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132621978975470000)
The War to End all Wars. The American mili...
By Edward Coffman. Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI (1986) ISBN 10: 029910964XISBN 13: 9780299...
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