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Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
by Michael Haag

Helen Nicholson explores an unusual, but contentious, account of the effect that the crusades had on the Middle East

The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam
by Andrew Wiest

Saul David praises a study of the impact that the Vietnam War had on US troops

The Last Highlander: Scotland’s Most Notorious Clan-Chief, Rebel and Double-Agen
by Sarah Fraser

Rab Houston has some qualms about a romanticised portrait of an 18th-century Scottish aristocrat

Wellington’s Wars
by Huw J Davies

Gary Sheffield on a revisionist analysis of the Iron Duke’s triumphs and failings

National Service: From Aldershot to Aden: Tales from the Conscripts, 1946–62
by Colin Shindler

Denis Judd considers the experiences of former national servicemen

The Fighting Irish: The Story of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier
by Tim Newark

Neil Hegarty applauds a military history infused with personal narratives

Five Days That Shocked the World
by Nicholas Best

An excellent read is marred by factual errors, says Roger Moorhouse

The Nazi, the Painter and the Forgotten Story of the SS Road
by GH Bennett

Roger Moorhouse commends an investigation into a disturbing film that highlights SS atrocities

The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe
by RI Moore

Jonathan Wright believes that a new study of medieval heresy takes the right approach to a tricky subject

The Plantation of Ulster: The British Colonisation of the North of Ireland in th
by Jonathan Bardon

Christopher Whatley on the grim results of Ulster’s colonisation