tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6571174476239930885..comments2024-03-29T06:42:20.796-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century — Reviewed by Jane Mattisson Ekstamsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-37007552959590282152014-03-26T20:58:45.427-07:002014-03-26T20:58:45.427-07:00Excellent review of a perspective-altering analysi...Excellent review of a perspective-altering analysis. My only quibble is the comment that Britain "was not, for example, bombed seriously" - Wikipedia gives the following succinct summary from Raymond Fredette's The Sky on Fire: The First Battle of Britain 1917–1918: "Airships made about 51 bombing raids on England during the war. These killed 557 and injured another 1,358 Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-38960731373532823222014-03-25T12:16:06.779-07:002014-03-25T12:16:06.779-07:00Thanks for catching that.
MikeThanks for catching that.<br /><br />MikeMike Hanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582949131010625505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-21366264060933258232014-03-25T11:07:34.633-07:002014-03-25T11:07:34.633-07:00Isn't the author David Reynolds?
Donnell is...Isn't the author David Reynolds? <br /><br />Donnell is a speciatist in fortifications and wrote a recent book on WWI entitled "Breaking the Fortress Line."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-88224794478886085692014-03-25T10:16:13.446-07:002014-03-25T10:16:13.446-07:00Excellent review, and right in my field of interes...Excellent review, and right in my field of interest. Now I have to read this book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com