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Walter Reid (1)

Author of Keeping the jewel in the crown : the British betrayal of India

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About the Author

Walter Reid studied at the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, and has written a number of highly acclaimed works of military and political history - Architect of Victory: Doug/as Haig (2006), Churchill 1940 1945: Under Friendly Fire. (2008) and Arras, 1917 (new edition 2011).

Image credit: Walter Reid, author of "To Arras, 1917" and "Churchill 1940-1945"

Works by Walter Reid

Keeping the jewel in the crown : the British betrayal of India (2013) 41 copies

Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig (2006) 36 copies

EMPIRE OF SAND: How Britain Shaped the Middle East (2011) 34 copies

Churchill 1940-1945 : Under Friendly Fire (2008) 17 copies

To Arras, 1917: A Volunteer's Odyssey (2004) 10 copies

Five Days from Defeat: How Britain Nearly Lost the First World War (2017) 10 copies

Supreme sacrifice : a small village and the Great War (2016) 8 copies

Arras, 1917: The Journey to Railway Triangle (2011) 3 copies

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Gender: male
Places of residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
France
Education: University of Oxford
University of Edinburgh
Occupations: historian
writer

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To Arras, 1917: A Volunteer's Odyssey by Walter Reid

http://jmnlman.blogspot.com/2006/08/to-arras-1917-volunteers-odyssey-by.html

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