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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.]

Friday, March 25, 2011

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SEX SCENES IN MILITARY-THEMED NOVELS . True, I included sex scenes in three of my military-themed novels, but without lingering on the ob...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

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HOW TO CURE WIDESPREAD IGNORANCE OF MILITARY HISTORY Writers of military history and historical novels in general have a personal interest...

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BRITAIN'S VIEW OF THE ALLIED AIR-STRIKES AGAINST LIBYA. ‘Turbulent world, lately, isn’t it? (2011) To people my age, it seems quite...
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ALLIED AIR-STRIKES AGAINST GADHAFFI'S LIBYA. Here we go again --- Western nations are once more allies in a thankless war. As we spea...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

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MOST YOUNG CANADIANS ARE IGNORANT OF THEIR NATION'S MILITARY HISTORY By Don Butler, Postmedia News March 14, 2011. Most young Cana...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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MAX BRAND -- AMERICA'S MOST PROLIFIC NOVELIST Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust] probably was the most prolific American novelist e...

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COMBAT "COMBAT" -- A NOVEL OF WWII. Several American novelists who had served in WWII wrote only a single book, usually base...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

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"Hachiko" Bronze Statue, Tokyo, Japan. FAITHFUL JAPANESE DOG'S  9-YEAR VIGIL FOR HIS HUMAN FRIEND  There are many accounts o...

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TOGETHER FOREVER In life, this brave British soldier, Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, and his devoted dog "Theo" were inseparable. ...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

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    Famed WWII poet Pilot Officer John Magee (far right) with his fellow pilot trainees: l-r: Fred Heather, Tom Gain, Duncan Fowler, at #9 E...

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Lee Harvey Oswald, lone assassin of US President John F. Kennedy. REVISIONISM -- CULT OF THE CREDULOUS Writing about historical events o...
Friday, March 04, 2011

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Why Americans Can't Help But Keep Playing Britain’s National Anthem Americans are thoroughly familiar with the melody of God Save Th...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

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ADVICE ON TERRORISM "If you who call yourselves men of peace, I say: You are not safe unless you have men of action on your side....
Monday, February 28, 2011

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It is heartening to see that Britain's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy has been so active in effectively rescuing civilians from Libya. I...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

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BAHRAIN UPRISING COULD BE HAZARDOUS FOR UNITED STATES NAVY PRESENCE IN ARABIAN GULF REGION The wave of Middle Eastern anti-government rio...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

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THE NIGHT THE YANKS A-BOMBED CANADA United States Air Force Convair B-36 bomber that crashed into the Canadian wilderness. With the a...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

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"HERZL STREET" NOVEL IS SET DURING PALESTINE ’S THREE-WAY CONFLICT. Today’s continual turmoil in the Middle East has its roots...
Monday, January 31, 2011

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"BLACK DIARIES" OF CASEMENT AUTHENTICATED AS GENUINE BY EXPERTS.   Sir Roger Casement, executed for treason in 1916. Expert re...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

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  LT.COL. JOAN KENNEDY -- CANADA'S FIRST FEMALE SOLDIER by Sidney Allinson.    Joan Kennedy was the first Canadian woman to re...
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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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