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WW1 Books: The Great War by Peter Hart
The Great War by Peter Hart (Profile Books 2013, ISBN 978 1 84668 246 9), 522pp, illustrated, hardback £25.00. For anyone with even a passing interest in the First World War, Peter Hart needs little...
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WW1 Centenary: Blackadder A War Crime?
Only a few days into 2014 and the WW1 Centenary has very much been part of the news. Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education began with a pronouncement that people’s misconceptions about...
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WW1 Centenary: ANZACS – Remembering We Forget?
The ‘battle of the Great War’ continues this week with the news that the British government intend to snub the sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) troops in the First World War by...
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Book Review: First World War For Dummies
First World War For Dummies by Dr Sean Lang (John Wiley & Sons 2014, ISBN 978 1 118 67999 9, 396pp, illustrated, index, £15.99) Part of me thinks that any book which has ‘For Dummies’ in the title...
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New WW1 Books From Amberley
Amberley Books are proving to be a prolific publisher during the WW1 Centenary and their latest batch of titles include the following. Fighting Fit 1914 Edited by Adam Culling (Amberley 2014, ISBN 978...
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New Gallipoli Books from Pen & Sword
This weekend marks the centenary of the landings at Gallipoli. On 25th April 1915 Australian, British, French and New Zealand forces landed on the Gallipoli coastline in Turkey in a daring plan to...
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Book Review: New WW1 Titles From Pen & Sword
Dorking In The Great War by Kathryn Atherton (Pen & Sword 2015, ISBN 9781473825529, 192pp, illustrated, paperback, £12.99) This is in the Pen & Sword series ‘Your Towns & Cities in the...
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Book Review: New Gallipoli Titles
A Marine At Gallipoli and on The Western Front by Harry Askin (Pen & Sword 2015, ISBN 978 1 47382 784 4, 248pp, illustrated, hardback, £25.00) Harry Askin was a 22 year old Sheffield lad when he...
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Book Review: The Leeds Pals
Leeds Pals by Laurie Milner (Pen & Sword 2015, ISBN 9781473841819, 410pp, profusely illustrated, hardback, £30,00) The Leeds Pals were the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. Raised in Leeds in...
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New Arras Books From Pen & Sword
The Battle of Arras is among one of the more neglected Great War battles and campaigns; while the Somme and Flanders have been swamped with publications, the number of books about Arras can be counted...
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