Book Review – J. Smithson, A Taste of Success, The First Battle of the Scarpe (Helion: Solihull, 2017)
Jim Smithson’s excellent book brings new understanding to the opening phase of the April 1917 Battle of Arras.
Month: August 2017
Book Review: P. O’Brien, Havoc, The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence (Cork, 2016)
Paul O’Brien’s excellent new book examines the role of the para-military Auxiliary Division in the 1920-21 British counter-insurgency campaign against the IRA during the Irish […]
CCB and the Third Battle of Ypres
Here is the text of an article I drafted for the Old Campellians’ Society as part of the project I’m doing at CCB. This was […]
Book Review: A.L. George, The Chinese Communist Army in Action: The Korean War and its Aftermath (New York, 1967)
Dr Alexander George’s book is a fascinating insight into how the newly created Chinese communist state in the late 1940’s sought to direct, sustain and […]