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Couple of Falklands ones: Sea Harrier Over the Falklands by Sharkey Ward is very good read, you'll be left with no doubts about the author's opinions. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Harrier-Over-The-Falklands/dp/0304355429/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369661606&sr=8-1&keywords=sharkey+ward) It's definitely worth reading in conjunction with One Hundred Days by Sandy Woodward, which is a somewhat broader and more considered look at the campaign from the point of view of the Task Force commander. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Hundred-Days-Falklands-Commander/dp/0007134673/ref=cm_cr_dp_asin_lnk) I've yet to come across a decent book about the whole campaign from an academic/ historical perspective. Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings is often recommended, but it's showing its age by now. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Falklands-Pan-Military-Classics/dp/033051363X/ref=pd_vtp_b_1) WW1 The Wipers Times was a trench newspaper published intermittently throughout the war by soldiers from the Sherwood Foresters. It's filled with all sorts of satirical content and gives a taste of the gallows humour in the trenches. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wipers-Times-Complete-Newspaper/dp/1906251177/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1369662226&sr=1-1 Wiki page (read this, there are a few sample items from the paper): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipers_Times It's also worth looking out for these http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Somme-Peter-Barton/dp/1849017190/ref=pd_sim_b_1 and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arras-Offensive-Panoramas-Including-Bullecourt/dp/1845294211/ref=pd_sim_b_2 They're collections of panoramas of the Western Front taken during the war by the British Army for planning and intelligence purposes. There are a couple of others which seem to be out of print, but they show very clearly what the battlefields were like.
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