First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Kitchener’s Army by Ray Westlake
[This review first appeared in Stand To! No. 28 Spring 1990] 176 pp, numerous illustrations. Casebound. £18 (1990 pr...
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The Indian Army in the First World War Edi...
Helion, £35.00, 313pp, Notes, refs, bibliog, index. ISBN: 978–191–151–278–3 Contributors include: Daniel Marston, Ra...
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A Time to Die and a Time to Live by Tom S...
A Disaster to Triumph: groundbreaking developments in care of the wounded on the western front 1914-18 by Tom Scotlan...
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Quentin Roosevelt; A Sketch with Letters (...
Edited by Kermit Roosevelt Illustrated New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1921 (Facsimile) From the start, there is a s...
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When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the F...
Haynes Publishing, Yeovil, £19.99 (price in 2011) 336pp, 87 ills, 3 appendices, bibliog, source notes, index. ISBN 9...
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Against All Odds: Walter Tull – The Black...
Pen and Sword, £16.99 hb, 8pp plate section, index. ISBN: 978–152–670–404–7 [First reviewed in Stand To! No.112 Jun...
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British Prisoners of War in First World Wa...
Cambridge University Press, £66.99 hb (Amazon 2018), 322pp, 25 ills, incl. abbreviations, bibliog., index. Also avai...
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The Coast Guard in World War I, An Untold...
[This review first appeared in Stand To! No. 73 April 2005] Naval Institute Press, Maryland,2003,326pp, photos, appe...
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Bushmills Heroes 1914 -1918 by Robert Tho...
204pp, ills. £10.00 (2005 pricing) (Copies available from the author) ISBN 0- 9537583-3-8 by Robert Thompson [This r...
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The Devil’s Chariots. The Birth and Secret...
[This review first appeared in Stand To! No.81 January 2008] The Devil’s Chariots was published to great acclaim by S...
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Steady the Buffs! A Regiment, a Region & t...
OUP, 2006, £55 (Price in 2006) 267pp, ills, bibliography, index (ISBN 0 19 9278601) Mark Connelly [This review first...
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On the Western Front. Soldiers' stories fr...
Anthology of Anecdotes from France and Flanders 1914-1918 277pp casebound. £11.95. (1986 price) Alan Sutton Publishin...
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