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Writing on military history, war reporting, military book reviews, military publishers, army, navy, air force, world wars, military publications, military memoirs, historical novels, Great War, World War One, World War Two, Anglo-Boer War, combat, medals, militaria. [Copyright Sidney Allinson 2010. May be re-printed on condition attribution is stated along with a URL link to Warwriting.]

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Presentism vs. accuracy.

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One of the most exasperating features of many "historical novels written these days is the distorting use of presentism. It is typi...

Friday, January 14, 2005

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THE BANTAMS The Untold Story Of World War One by Sidney Allinson. This is to announce that a revised new edition of my 1981 [non-fict...

WARWRITING: Reading and writing for military buffs.

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War and military events have forged the entire history of humankind throughout the 50,000 years of our known existence. Despotism, cruelty, ...

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Sidney Allinson: Sidney Allinson. A Canadian novelist, military historian, and advertising consultant. He is author of six books, was creative director of three advertising agencies, and communications policy advisor to the Ontario Government. www.esid.info His factual military history, "THE BANTAMS: The Untold Story Of World War One," is now published by Pen and Sword Books in the UK. Sidney also wrote JEREMY KANE: A Canadian historical adventure novel of the 1837 Mackenzie Rebellion and its brutal aftermath in the Australian penal colonies. His latest is "KRUGER'S GOLD: A novel of the Anglo-Boer War." Sidney served overseas with the Royal Air Force, is a past-Director of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, and received the Boulter Award for outstanding writing. Born in England, a long-time resident of Toronto, he now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where he is Chairman of the Pacific Coast Branch of the Western Front Association, and President of the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Vancouver Island. Currently, Sidney is working on a novel about the 1942 Dieppe Raid, and a history of the first fifty years of the Victoria Cross.

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