The Axis Occupation Of Europe Then And Now – Review by Mark Barnes
We live in troubled times where fear and loathing of immigrants, school yard shootings, youth violence, distant wars and poisonings in sleepy cathedral cities vie…
The Great War Illustrated 1917 – Review by Mark Barnes
I remember a warmish spring evening four years ago when I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament in London where a number of…
Operations Manual From ancient times to the beginning of the gunpowder age – Review by Mark Barnes
We start with a disclaimer: I live in a country that has a lot of castles and I have visited some of them. It’s a…
The Maginot Line – Book Review by Mark Barnes
It is ever so easy to ridicule the Maginot Line given its strategic failure, but it would be wrong to denigrate the wonder of it’s…
Fantastic New Titles From Haynes Publishing – Review by Mark Barnes
If you’re looking for a couple of books that are both informative and entertaining, look no further than this first class duo from Haynes Publishing. …
The Man Who Saved Paris: Roger West’s Ride 1914 – Review by Mark Barnes
The first months of the Great War are hardly ignored by historians, but the period is wholly overshadowed by the years of trench warfare that…
A Selection Of Armor Related Books To Consider – Review by Mark Barnes
Every so often I am presented with books I can enthuse about but not to any great length and my masters in the WHO version…
Four World War II Books to consider – Review by Mark Barnes
Two new books in the soft backed Illustrated series from Casemate have an unmistakable French presentation style to them and this is no accident. They…
The Half-shilling curate – Review by Mark Barnes
Great War books keep coming as the final months of the centenary period burns itself out. I’ve said, before, that the output has been just…
Led By Lions – Book review by Mark Barnes
Politicians aren’t exactly the flavour of the month in these parts and I doubt it’s much different wherever you are reading this. I won’t get…
The Boat That Won The War – Review by Mark Barnes
I have a good number of books from the publisher of this little gem that tell the story of the great battleships of the Dreadnought…
The Last Battle: Endgame on the Western Front, 1918 – Review by Mark Barnes
Commemorations marking the centenary of the Great War are only just getting going in the United States, but for the UK and other countries involved…