Review of Walking D-Day
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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Review of Iraq Full Circle: From Shock and Awe to the Last Combat Patrol in Baghdad and Beyond
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 […]
Review – Iron Man – Rudolf Berthold: Germany’s Indomitable Fighter Ace of World War I
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: […]
Review – The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945
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 […]
Book Review – Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000
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 […]
Book Review – God and War: The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century
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 […]
Book Review – Reinventing Warfare 1914-18: Novel Munitions and Tactics of Trench Warfare
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 […]
Book Review – The March East 1945: The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z
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 […]
Book Review – Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War Two
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 […]
Book Review – The Boys of ’67
[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 […]
