1914-1918 Voices and Images of the Great War Lyn MacDonald,
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN: 0718131886
Edition: Hardcover; 1990-02
Summary:
This book uses personal accounts and illustrations, mainly from the
author's own archives, to cover all aspects of World War I-from
departure of the Old Contemptibles to fight the Kaiser in 1914, young
men eagerly enlisting, high hopes of 1915 that fizzled out at
Gallipoli, to the bloody fields of Flanders. It runs through the
battles of the Somme and Passchendaele to the coming of the
Americans, fighting in the closing months of the war, joyous
celebrations of Armistice Day and burial of the unknown warrior in
the aftermath. The authors have drawn on the experiences of the men
who fought, touching on subjects as diverse as propaganda, fear,
morale, bravery, bawdiness, filth, and frivolity and the stark
contrast between attitudes of civilians at home and the men at the
front. Newspapers, magazines, letters, diaries, songs, poems, as well
as a wealth of first-hand anecdotes and personal accounts by the
soldiers themselves are included in this book.
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