On The Western Front. Soldiers' Stories From France And Flanders

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Publisher Place: Gloucester
Publisher Year: 1985
Edition: First Edition

Description: 277 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few tape marks underneath cover.

Publishers Description: Official histories of the First World War are accounts of strategy and tactics, political and logistical considerations. After reading them many might ask why soldiers are rarely mentioned except in terms of military units. Even regimental histories devote more space to the plans and concepts than to the men used to implement the plans. This book was the first serious atte Official histories of the First World War are accounts of strategy and tactics, political and logistical considerations. After reading them many might ask why soldiers are rarely mentioned except in terms of military units. Even regimental histories devote more space to the plans and concepts than to the men used to implement the plans. This book was the first serious attempt to illustrate the humanity of the soldier on the Western Front, reflecting the war as they saw it from first shot to last. These tales, told to fellow men in the trenches, behind the lines, at base hospitals and at the estaminets and billets during rest periods, have been recorded here. ...more

ISBN: 0862992427