Casemate 82

There are two features which make this book an essential tool for the military historian, be he professional or amateur. They are: firstly that there are many thousands of websites relevant to British military history (Google comes up with 1,150,000 sites for the RAF alone). Secondly, a lot of them are rubbish - inaccurate, illiterate or both. Fowler has done the job for us by selecting those which are accurate and literate. The number he has come up with is quite staggering, over 1500, and is not confined to British websites. He has written with style, wit and profound knowledge. At the price it is a bargain.

The timescale of the book is from 1066 to 1998 (The year of the Good Friday Agreement when operations in Northern Ireland began to end). Readers should note that there are no websites devoted to operations in the early 21st century. Within the period mentioned, War and Campaigns 1066-1914, World War I and World War II are the major headings but each is broken down to cover many different topics.
The author leads his readers gently through General Resources (websites here and overseas, archives, libraries, museums, films, maps and more) into Researching Individuals, the three armed forces, then the campaigns. The chapters covering the World Wars have been sub-divided even more into actions, theatres of operations, unit histories and the experiences of individuals amongst many others.
I risk the delete key of the Editor if I continue to rhapsodise about this resource - a phenomenal piece of research by Fowler who must have used up several hard disks on the way. It will certainly save many hours of frustrated trawling through endless unproductive websites for the student of military history.

I strongly recommend this excellent resource to all colleagues with access to the internet.