1914-1918 Voices and Images of the Great War

by Lyn Macdonald (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.25

  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. The author also wrote They Called it Passchendaele and The Roses of No Man's Land .

• Used

  Hardcover
  1988

  $4.44

  A portrait of the Great War in words and pictures of the time, this chronicles major events of the war and touches on subjects like pacifism, Siegfried Sassoon and Gallipoli. Archive material, newspapers, letters, anecdotes, personal accounts and photographs help to build the picture. The author has written They Called it Passchendaele , The Roses of No Man's Land , Somme and 1914 .