Tessa The Tank And The Classic Vehicle Show – Review by Mark Barnes
A century ago a group of men were tinkering away at a site in Lincoln on the way to changing the face of warfare. This…
A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.
Christmas in 2015 was a bit weird due to recent changes in my life and I was never much of a fan anyway. I don’t…
RAF IN CAMERA – 1960s – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online
I loved Keith Wilson’s look at the RAF during the 1950s, but this volume, if anything, is even better. If I am 100% honest with…
The Panavia Tornado – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online
Pen & Sword produced some genuinely lovely aviation photo archive books during 2015 and I still have a few to tell you about that appeared…
VISITING THE FALLEN: ARRAS – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.
When I first started my pilgrimage on the Great War battlefields I set myself an agenda that involved what I can only describe as ‘collecting’…
NEVER SURRENDER – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.
On 13th May 1940 Winston Churchill rose to speak in the House of Commons. “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one…
TANK – Review by Mark Barnes
Regulars will know that I have a view on books like this one. To my mind, they can set themselves up for all manner of…
PARIS ‘44 – Reviewed by Mark Barnes for War History Online
Recent events have shown that whatever fate throws at Paris, the old city somehow manages to sort itself and get on with things. In truth,…
NURSING THROUGH SHOT & SHELL – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
The diary of a Nottinghamshire Territorial Army Nurse, Beatrice Hopkinson, who served in the UK and then on the Western Front. Editor Vivien Newman has…
Too Brave To Live, Too Young To Die – Review by Mark Barnes
I have made a point of abstaining from Great War books for some time now. There will always be exceptions, hence this review; but I…
UNIFIL 1978-2011 – Review by Mark Barnes
Our friends in Aix-en-Provence continue to entertain us with this impressive look at the use of armoured vehicles by forces acting under the United Nations…
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD – Review by Mark Barnes
This spectacular book is an absolute ‘must have’ for all fans of the SR-71 Blackbird or, indeed, the world of supersonic flight. A veteran pilot…