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The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches

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Review: Disappointing. Patch's own words are fine, especially for a man of his age, but the ghost-writer (Richard van Emden) is too intrusive and spoils the flow of the narrative.....

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Nella Last's Peace: The Post-war Diaries of Housewife 49

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Review: I bought this book for my Mum who was born in Barrow and lived there during the war.Nella writes with the pen of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times.Her writing is wonderful, from the description of an ordinary yet delightful lunch to her description of the co....

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Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49'

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Review: I write this in late 2008 as the global financial system goes into meltdown and the credit crunch is really biting into our individual pockets. What Nella Last would make of our sickeningly materialistic, wasteful, 'spend spend spend' times I cannot imagine! On a ....

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Kitchener's Last Volunteer: The Life of Henry Allingham, Britain's Oldest Man and the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

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Review: I've seen so much of Henry on TV and in the press over the past few months - and his attempts to get out of his chair at the 90th anniversary celebrations at the cenotaph was very emotional. You cannot believe the tenacity someone of that age must have to get out ....

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Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege

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Review: There is never a dull moment in this book. From the starting page, which opens with a full scale battle, to the last, which reminisces on life after Al Amarah, it is incredibly interesting and exciting. Even during the ceasefire the book is gripping. Sgt. Mills ....

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World War II: Behind Closed Doors - Stalin, the Nazis and the West

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Review: A surprisingly readable book, including previously unseen photographs. The reason for me reading this book and the most interesting details for me are those concerning the little known alliance between Stalin and Hitler prior to and at the beginning of the war and....

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Masters and Commanders: The Military Geniuses Who Led the West to Victory in World War II: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West

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Review: How Churchill and a few others (to make up the numbers) won the war and defeated fascism is the idiots guide to WW2, and an addition to the neoconservatives library (now sadly redundant). Andrew Roberts is a historian with a particular agenda that seeks to perpetua....

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The Art of War

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Review: I'm not especially interested in military history, neither am I a manager or businessman, but I still found this book very enjoyable. It has the rare appeal of being of its time but at the same time applicable to the present day. Many of the insights feel very cont....

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Seven Troop

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Review: After having been a fan of all McNab's fiction and non-fiction books, I was slightly disappointed in this latest one. Not enough detail is given to 'big' operations and left me on occasion checking to see if I'd accidentally skipped a page! Although his messages on....

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Apache

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Review: Just thought that i would say that from someone who knows 'Ed Macy' and was there with him throughout the tour: BUY THIS BOOK. As someone who has vivid memorys of the events detailed within the book, i would recommend this highly to all, it still brings back memor....

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