Here a selection of great children's authors, who have all written about the first world war, recommend their favourite books for children and teenagers to mark the centenary of the conflict.
His celebrity added extra weight to his name when he endorsed a letter to President Roosevelt on the eve of the second world war recommending that the US start work on "extremely powerful bombs of a new type".
Mr Lieberman has in the past averred that Egypt is plotting a surprise attack on Israel, in the event of war recommended bombing the Aswan dam and said that Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, could "go to hell" for his refusal to visit Israel.
Gen. Benjamin Foulois, and the Secretary of War recommended that the Air Corps' budget be slashed.
Vice President Dick Cheney, who served as secretary of state during the Gulf War, recommended regime change in the section of his energy bill devoted to foreign oil expansion.
Believing the French colony was a threat to Spanish mines and shipping routes, Spanish King Carlos II's Council of War recommended that "Spain needed swift action 'to remove this thorn which has been thrust into the heart of America.
To prevent a full scale war, Crisis Group recommends that the UN Security Council back the UN force already present in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) as it fulfills its mandate of civilian protection.
A review by the Australian Government's Defence Committee held after World War II recommended that the post-war forces of the RAN be structured around a Task Force incorporating multiple aircraft carriers.
VaughanAbigail For a current review of Spain post civil war I recommend Jason Webster's Guerra; you will never see Spain as just a tourist destination again.
Colonel Tim Collins, who became famous worldwide for his inspirational eve-of-battle address to his Royal Irish regiment, said the Chilcot inquiry into the war should recommend action to end the culture of "obsequiousness" among senior military officers that led to them telling politicians what they wanted to hear.
