Letters from the Front
From the First World War to the Present Day
Published on 20. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-4728-0334-4 (ISBN)
Description
A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love, hope and fear sit alongside amusing anecdotes, grumbles about rations and thoughtful reflections, eloquently revealing how, despite the passage of time, the experiences of the fighting man are shared in countless wars and battles across history. From the muddy trenches of the Somme through the frozen ground of the Falklands to the heat and dust of Afghanistan today, these letters are the ordinary soldier's testament to life on the front line.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
30 b/w; 10 col
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
379 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4728-0334-4 (9781472803344)
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Andrew Roberts | The Imperial War Museum
Letters from the Front
From the First World War to the Present Day
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
Osprey Publishing
€8.49
Available for download
Andrew Roberts | The Imperial War Museum
Letters from the Front
From the First World War to the Present Day
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
Osprey Publishing
€8.49
Available for download
Persons
Andrew Roberts is the author of Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West (which won the International Churchill Society Book Award) and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900 (which won the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Book Award). His other books include Napoleon and Wellington, Eminent Chuchillians and Salisbury, which won the Wolfson History Prize. His latest book, The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War, won the British Army Military Book of the Year for 2010. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a PhD in History from Cambridge University.
Many of the photos in this book come from the Imperial War Museum's huge collections which cover all aspects of conflict involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the start of the twentieth century.
Many of the photos in this book come from the Imperial War Museum's huge collections which cover all aspects of conflict involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the start of the twentieth century.
Content
Introduction
The First World War
The Second World War
Modern Warfare
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Index
The First World War
The Second World War
Modern Warfare
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Index