JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS 1897-1945 – Review by Mark Barnes
Any regular readers of the reviews page would know by now that I quite a like old warship photographs so when I got notice of…
I CHOSE THE SKY – Review by Mark Barnes
Leonard ‘Tich’ Rochford achieved twenty-nine victories as a fighter pilot during the Great War. His genuinely lovely account of his war service was first published…
NELSON’S BAND OF BROTHERS – Review by Mark Barnes
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson possessed a genius for naval warfare and remains a towering figure of his age. His victories at the Nile, Copenhagen and…
FIRST LADY – Review by Mark Barnes
Despite not being a massive fan of Winston Churchill in consideration of his whole political career, it is impossible not to admire his resolute belief…
THE MEN BEHIND MONTY – Review by Mark Barnes
This is a very readable account of the headquarters operated by Bernard Montgomery in North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe between 1942 and 1945. Monty…
THE HURRICANE STORY – Review by Mark Barnes
I was watching a couple of Hurricanes lumbering into the sky from my local airport at the weekend and they looked wonderful. That throaty rumble…
GALLIPOLI – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
This is a good book and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It is about the Gallipoli Campaign from the New Zealand perspective as part…
THE RISE OF HITLER – Review by Phil Hodges
Any book about Adolf Hitler is going to meet with some controversy. It’s not going to go ‘unmolested’ as it were. I’ve written articles and…
THUNDER BIRD in Bomber Command – Review by Mark Barnes
I’m of the right age to have spent my formative years enthralled by the work of Gerry Anderson. I don’t want to turn this review…
First Over There: The Attack on Cantigny, America’s First Battle of World War I – Review by Nate Sullivan
As we continue through the centennial of the First World War, the body of literature on the subject continues to grow. Among the most recent…
IN ALL RESPECTS READY – Review by Mark Barnes
The Ashes are about to start and while I am sure cricket is not at the forefront of everybody’s thoughts, especially in many of the…
TILL THE BOYS COME HOME – Review by Mark Barnes
I like postcards but have resolved not to collect them because the thing would become a monster in no time. My ex-wife was convinced I…