Saturday, January 01, 2011

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BLURRING FICTION NOVELS WITH FACTUAL HISTORY BOOKS. Authors of historical novels are rightly proud of the fictional characters and situat...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Black African Troops In World War One Struggle For Africa.

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No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment in the East African Campaign of the First World War, Tim Stapleton, Wilfrid Laurier Univ...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

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THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE - 1914 by Sidney Allinson   Shortly after dawn on Dec. 25, 1914, the first Christmas Day of the First World War, hund...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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THE SOMME AND TOLKIEN -- A POINT OF VIEW By Lisa Jardine, BBC News Magazone. Ninety years ago, Allied commanders launched the World War...

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War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surp...
Friday, October 29, 2010

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BREAKER MORANT DID NOT SAY, “SHOOT STRAIGHT, YOU BASTARDS!” The movie, “Breaker Morant” is generally an excellent portrayal of the 1902 con...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Military history books, and related writings in general, still keep generally high standards of literacy and clarity. But even in this genre...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

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  “KRUGER’S GOLD” EXPOSES UNPALATABLE FACTS ABOUT BOTH SIDES IN THE ANGLO-BOER WAR. In 1902, just as in 2010, guerrilla fighters challen...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

New findings cast more doubt on value of Canada’s 1917 military draft.

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The conscription crisis caused lasting rifts in Canada. Now a self-taught expert has found the price paid brought less value than historians...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

ROYAL CANADIAN MILITARY INSTITUTE TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION

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Royal Canadian Military Institute: 100 YEARS 1890-1990 Sad news for many Canadian enthusiasts of military affairs, with the announcement t...
Saturday, October 02, 2010

Rewriting history.

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Revisionism. The most critical issue connected with historical writing in general, and historical novels in particular, is the problem of re...
Sunday, August 16, 2009

WWII MASS GRAVE REBURIAL IN POLAND

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Mass Polish reburial of war dead . By Adam Easton, BBC. The remains of more than 2,000 people discovered in Poland's largest mass gr...
Friday, August 14, 2009

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Military historical novel KRUGER'S GOLD South Africans in particular could enjoy KRUGER'S GOLD, my adventure novel set during the 2n...
Sunday, August 09, 2009

A FURTHER LOOK AT THE EPIC BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE

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VIMY RIDGE: A Canadian Reassessment, Edited by Geoffrey Hayes, Andrew Iarocci, & Mike Bechtold, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Wa...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

NEW BOOK ABOUT THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

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Military history THE STORM OF WAR. (Blackwell, UK) ‘The second world war lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion and claimed the lives of ...

History of The Royal Canadian Regiment

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Military history Establishing A Legacy: The history of The Royal Canadian Regiment 1883-1953, by Bernd Horn. This regimental unit history is...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

COMOX AUTHOR PENS SEA-GOING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE NOVEL.

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Military history Successful Vancouver Island author Sean Thomas Russell has combined his twin passions for sailing and history to writ...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009

VON RICHTHOFEN DISPLAY IN LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MILITARY INSTITUTE.

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The "Red Baron" display case in the Library of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto, holds artefacts from the downed F...

D-DAY TO CARPIQUET

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Military history D-DAY TO CARPIQUET: The North Shore Regiment and the liberation of Europe, Marc Milner, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, N...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

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"THE BANTAMS" TELLS THE LITTLE KNOWN SAGA OF FIVE-FOOT WARRIORS IN WORLD WAR ONE.  "THE BANTAMS: The Untold Story Of Worl...