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Category Archives: Book Review

Walking D-Day

Review of Walking D-Day

March 31, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Paul Reed, Walking D-Day. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books, 2012. 270 pp. This book provides a series of battlefield walks around the beaches and airborne landing sites and drop zones […]

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Book Review, Military History, Second World War, War Studies
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Review of Iraq Full Circle: From Shock and Awe to the Last Combat Patrol in Baghdad and Beyond

March 25, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Colonel Darron L. Wright, Iraq Full Circle: From Shock and Awe to the Last Combat Patrol in Baghdad and Beyond. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. 2012. 375 pp. This is an account […]

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Book Review, Gulf War, Leadership and Command, Military History, War on Terror, War Studies
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Review – Iron Man – Rudolf Berthold: Germany’s Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I

March 25, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Peter Kilduff, Iron Man – Rudolf Berthold: Germany’s Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I. London: Grub Street, 2012. Bibliography. Index. pp. 192.  In 1992, Michael Paris noted that the: […]

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Air Power History, Book Review, First World War, Military History, War Studies

Review – The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945

February 4, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Peter Gray, The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945. London: Continuum, 2012. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Hbk. 346 pp. The Strategic Air Offensive against […]

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Air Power History, Book Review, Leadership and Command, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

Book Review – Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000

January 21, 2013by Ross 1 Comment

Charles Kirke, Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000. London: Continuum, 2009. Figures. Bibliography. Index. Appendices. XVI + 240pp. Kirke has written a book that […]

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17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Boer War, Book Review, Cold War, First World War, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

Book Review – God and War: The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century

January 13, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Stephen Parker and Tom Lawson (eds.) God and War: The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. Bibliography. Index. 250pp. God and War examines […]

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Afghanistan, Boer War, Book Review, Cold War, Falklands War, First World War, Gulf War, Kosovo, Second World War, War and Religion, War Studies

Book Review – Reinventing Warfare 1914-18: Novel Munitions and Tactics of Trench Warfare

January 9, 2013by Aimée Fox-Godden 2 Comments

Anthony Saunders, Reinventing Warfare 1914-18: Novel Munitions and Tactics of Trench Warfare. London: Continuum, 2012. Index. Glossary. Bibliography. x, 362 pp. Drawing on his previous experience as a Patent Officer […]

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Book Review, Books, First World War, Military History, War Studies

Book Review – The March East 1945: The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z

January 1, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Peter Green, The March East 1945: The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z. Stroud: Spellmount, 2012. Sources. Bibliography. 192pp. This account of the evacuation of two of the […]

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Book Review, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

Book Review – Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War Two

December 17, 2012by Ross Leave a comment

Michael G. Waling, Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War Two. Oxford: Osprey, 2012. Bibliography. Index. This fast paced account of the Arctic convoys begins with   an over view […]

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Book Review, Military History, Naval History, Second World War, War Studies

Book Review – The Boys of ’67

December 5, 2012by Ross 3 Comments

[Cross posted from Thoughts on Military History] Andrew Wiest, The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012. 376pp. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. Maps. Andrew Wiest is […]

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Book Review, Cold War, Military History, Vietnam War, War Studies

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