From Downing Street to the trenches : first-hand accounts from the Great War, 1914-1916
Webb, Mike2014
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As we look back on World War I on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, we do so with the benefit of hindsight and the accumulated wisdom of a century of writing and thought. But what was it like to experience firsthand those first few years of war - to see an aerial view of the famous Battle of the Somme? How did key political figures make the difficult decision to go to war? And what did young men of the time believe their role ought to be? This title gathers eyewitness accounts and photographs that vividly convey this lived experience.
Main title:
From Downing Street to the trenches : first-hand accounts from the Great War, 1914-1916 / Mike Webb ; foreword by Hew Strachan.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2014.
Collation:
304 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781851243938 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.309224
Language:
English
BRN:
1090655
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