Airminded’s book review policy.
For publishers: because of time constraints, I can only review more-or-less scholarly books on topics closely related to my research, ie relating to early 20th century Britain and strategic bombing in some way. In other words, books I would probably read anyway. I can be contacted here.
For readers: probably nobody worries about this but me — that, with respect to unsolicited review copies sent by publishers, the possibility of getting more free books might lead me to be soft on the books I review. All I can say is that I obviously don’t have much impulse control when it comes to buying books, so the prospect of saving a few dollars here and there is unlikely to sway me. The other issue is whether I, as a postgraduate student, would be willing to criticise the work of an established historian. All I can say to that is that I have done so before. But if I feel for whatever reason that I can’t (or shouldn’t!) be objective about a book, I won’t review it.
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