Published by Ebury Press, part of Ebury Publishing
Format: Paperback
£7.99
Author:
Max Arthur
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780091888879
£7.99
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EAN: 9780091888879
Published: 2 Oct 2003
In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of ordinary individuals in war. The IWM aural archive has become the most important archive of its kind in the world. Authors have occasionally been granted access to the vaults, but digesting the thousands of hours of footage is a monumental task.
Now, forty years on, the Imperial War Museum has at last given author Max Arthur and his team of researchers unlimited access to the complete WWI tapes. These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. The resulting book is an important, unique and compelling history of WWI in the words of those who experienced it. This is a classic for years to come.
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An extraordinary and immensely moving book
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This extraordinary book is crammed with details, conjuring up the atmosphere of war as vividly as the frequent descriptions of appalling violence
- Daily Telegraph
The words of the soldiers are as fresh as if they were written yesterday ... extraordinary
- Mail on Sunday
These stories are so harrowing, and their witness so precise and devastating
- The Times
The stories of these now long-dead vets simply jump off the page
- FHM
A compelling account of a world not to be forgotten
- Despatches
Everyone who loves oral history will enjoy the often harrowing accounts contained in this book
- History Today
Crammed with such details, conjuring up the atmosphere of war as vividly as the frequent descriptions of appalling violence
- Telegraph
Tailor-made for classroom use as well as maximum impact on the general reader
- TES, Book of the Week
An impressive anthology of eye-witness experiences which does not short-change us on the horror and filth ... of that dreadful conflict
- The Herald, Glasgow
Fine a memorial as the memorials in towns and villages to all those who never returned to their own country
- Nautical Magazine
Acclaimed author Max Arthur specialises in first hand recollections of historical events. Previous titles include The Manchester United Air Crash; Above All Courage; Northern Ireland Soldiers Talking; Men of the Red Beret;, There Shall Be Wings: The RAF 1918 to the Present; The True Glory: The Royal Navy 1914 to Present.
