Fifty Great War Movies – Review by Mark Barnes
I am writing this in early July, but there is no doubt in my mind that this book will be popular five months from now when…
Military Obituaries – Book Three – Review by Mark Barnes
Obituary writing is a discipline I admire very much. On most days my day job in newspapers has me copying cuts, cuttings or clippings –…
Into the Blue – Review by Mark Barnes
Here is another wonderful aviation re-issue from Grub Street, a publisher who have made a speciality out of reproducing classic books from Great War aviators.…
Windmill Point – Review by Mark Barnes
Here we are again after a self-imposed absence. The in tray is literally bulging with books to tell you about but I needed a break…
VIETNAM – A View From The Front Lines – Review by Mark Barnes
The book on offer today is not new but it is a recent publication and utterly superior. There is a helpful quote from an American…
All Behind You, Winston – Review by Mark Barnes
This book by Roger Hermiston takes us back to World War II and the creation of the coalition government in Britain headed by Winston Churchill.…
Have You Forgotten Yet? – The First World War Memoirs of C. P. Blacker – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
A curious title for an at times curious book. It is a Great War Memoir but with a difference. Blacker began writing this book, which…
Excitement! Book review by Mark Barnes
This book is the latest in a spate of self-published books that have been coming my way from the United States. However, this one stands…
THE WINTER FORTRESS – The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb – Review by Mark Barnes
The wartime race for the atomic bomb was a drama acted out across continents. The fact the Allies won it cannot be ascribed to any…
ARMOURED HUSSARS Volume 2 – Images of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, Normandy, August 1944 – Review by Mark Barnes
It is some time since we saw the first volume of this series and I am pleased to say this latest outing is most welcome. …
A HANDFUL OF HELL – Classic War and Adventure Stories by Robert F Dorr – Review by Mark Barnes
Lots of us have heroes when we are young and some people keep them all their lives. There are regional variations, so, when I was…
BEFORE ENDEAVOURS FADE – Review by Mark Barnes
This book remains the essential single edition battlefield guide to the Western Front. It is now in it’s fourteenth edition and is much expanded on…