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02/24/03 - Review: The Russian Century: A History of the Last Hundred Years by Brian Moynahan
A good attempt at condensing the years 1894 - 1994 into under 300 pages, but this politically focused history is far from perfect...

02/17/03 - Review: The Ancien Régime in Europe: Government and Society in the Major States 1648 - 1789 by E. N. Williams

02/10/03 - Review: Redcoat Officer 1740 - 1815 by Stuart Reid and Gerry Embleton
The book executes it's task, to "describe the men who served as infantry officers in the army between 1740 and 1815, how they went about joining and how they were trained and promoted", with ease and aplomb.

02/03/03 - Top Books: Women in the First World War
There are probably books on any First World War subject you can think of, but there's a surprisingly small body of material devoted to women within the conflict. However, the number of relevant titles is swiftly growing, an inevitable consequence of the prominent and vital roles women performed.

01/27/03 - Full Reviews: Stalingrad or Stalingrad?
A comparison of Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor and Stalingrad: The Infernal Cauldron by Stephen Walsh.

01/20/03 - Full Review: Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras by Terence Grocott
A nautical kaleidoscope of life and death, with many quirky facts mixed amongst tales of horrific disasters, miraculous escapes, brave actions and black humour. You won't be rushing to sea though!

01/13/03 - Biography: Robert Graves
Poet, academic, campaigner and aesthete who died serving in World War One, but not before his verse and literary friends established him as one of the great poet-soldiers.

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