Soldier from the Wars Returning - Brossura

Carrington, Charles

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1844153630 ISBN 13: 9781844153633

Casa editrice: Pen & Sword, 2006

Riassunto

Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. He writes only of the battles in which he participated (including the Somme and Passchendaele), though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the time, through later study and reflection, are pungent and stimulating. Among other topics, he describes the politicians, the generals, Kitchener's Army, Hore-Belisha, German gas attacks, Picardy, dug-outs, tanks, the sex-life of the soldier, scrounging. trench kits and the censoring of letters. The author saw the First World War from below, as a fighting soldier in a line regiment. In the Second World War he served as a staff officer liaising between the Army and the RAF; serving two tours at RAF Bomber Command HQ at High Wycombe. This equipped him to draw forthright comparisons between the conduct of the two wars.

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• Editore: Pen & Sword
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1844153630
• ISBN 13: 9781844153633
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288