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A Close Run Thing
A Close Run Thing
Author: Allan Mallinson
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/19/2010


Pretty good Napoleonic War Novel


HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM THE APES
HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM THE APES
Author: WILL CUPPY
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/19/2010


Very witty social commentary - quite amusing.


The Knights of Bushido : A Short History of Japanese War Crimes
Review Date: 4/19/2010


Well written with many pictures - quite graphic


The Monocled Mutineer
The Monocled Mutineer
Author: William Allison, John Fairley
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 9/17/2014


this is an excellent book - remarkable for both the history of a black mark in British military PR with its troops & the sheer effrontery of Perry Toplis - wish the author had gone into more detail re the creation & alleged necessity for the "training camp" for highly experienced combat personnel.


Parade of the Dead: A U.S. Army Physician's Memoir of Imprisonment by the Japanese, 1942-1945
Review Date: 4/19/2010


Well written documentary style depiction of the brutal conditions endured by civilian & military prisoners of the Japanese during WW2


Ye Berlyn Tapestrie: John Hassall's Satirical First World War Panorama
Review Date: 4/22/2017


Great example of British satire (although of a very serious subject)


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