 | Forgotten Victory: The First World War: Myths and Realities by Gary Sheffield
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.88 Dispells many myths about the Great War, places the BEF in their deserved light.
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 | To Win a War: 1918, the Year of Victory (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by John Terraine
Buy used from: £3.92 Excellent. Terraine knows his British history as well as the BEF.
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 | Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier (Cassell) by John Terraine
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £5.49 Fantastic account of a Great War general.
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 | Haig: A Re-appraisal 70 Years on by Brian Bond
Buy used from: £62.46 Concise reappraisal of a misrepresented figure.
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 | Field Marshal Earl Haig (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Philip Warner
Buy new: £6.44 / Used from: £1.68 Flowing narrative on Haig's life and career as a soldier. Slightly sympathetic in stance, although not quite like Terraine's biography.
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 | The Struggle for Europe (Wordsworth Military Library) by Chester Wilmot
Buy used from: £0.01 Excellent account of the war in Western Europe from both sides, from a man who was there as a BBC war correspondant.
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 | Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, 1944 (Pan Grand Strategy Series) by Max Hastings
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.48 Well written, fluid account of the Normandy landings by a master of the field.
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 | Bomber Command (Pan Grand Strategy) by Max Hastings
Buy new: £3.59 / Used from: £1.35 Not read this one yet, but expecting it to be classic Hastings!
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 | The Korean War by Max Hastings
Buy used from: £0.85 British and Empire troops in a forgotten war. Hastings presents a masterly portrayal.
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 | The Battle for the Falklands (Pan Grand Strategy) by Max Hastings
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.85 The last of the colonial battles. The bravery and professionalism of British soldiers, sailors and airmen for all to see.
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 | Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 Look to Holmes, not Hollywood for a true history of the Redcoats
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 | Wellington: The Iron Duke by Richard Holmes
Buy used from: £5.29 Great book about a truly great, great man.
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 | The Great War by Correlli Barnett
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £0.43 Short, concise account of the Great War by one of Britain's leading military historians
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 | The Collapse of British Power (Pride & Fall Sequence) by Correlli Barnett
Buy used from: £65.00 Interesting, fresh look at the decline of British power and influence. It was NOT inevitable!
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 | The Verdict of Peace: Britain Between Her Yesterday and the Future (Pride & Fall Sequence) by Correlli Barnett
Buy used from: £60.00 Barnett's second installment in the Pride and Fall series.
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 | The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation by Correlli Barnett
Buy used from: £14.00 Continuing in his revision of post-war Britain, Barnett lays a convincing case against the Attlee government.
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 | The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities 1 by Correlli Barnett
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.95 Valid and well-supported criticism of post-war Britain's Labour government.
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