Welcome to our new blog!

This was a great idea my father had for us both to discuss a book chapter-by-chapter. The books we are both interested in are usually interesting history books, mainly focused on the First & Second World Wars but we branch out into many interesting areas such as the Middle East, European History, American History - you name it - we read it.

We also tend to discuss it. We therefore thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to document our arguments & opinions on a variety of historical subjects & engender some discussion amongst other avid History geeks from around the world!

So the first book we are going to read is called "Attrition: Fighting the First World War", by William Philpott. See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11002813/Attrition-Fighting-the-First-World-War-by-William-Philpott-review-refreshingly-balanced.html

The reviews claim that this book successfully argues that the seemingly never-ending killing fields of the First World War were actually an effective tool for victory.

Watch this space for the first few blogs about the first chapter!

Darragh