Trench Warfare 1914-18: The Live And Let Live System (Pan Grand Strategy) - Softcover

Ashworth, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330480685 ISBN 13: 9780330480680

Publisher: Macmillan Pub Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

The story of the great battles of the First World War has been told by historians, journalists and others. The shock and slaughter of the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele are a major theme of most books. Large scale battles, however, comprised the smaller part of soldiers' total time in combat. For 90% of that time soldiers fought small scale battles . These small conflicts were violent, continual and involved complex weaponry and specialised tactics. Yet, during small battles, soldiers could and often did, make choices not possible during large ones. From these choices, there evolved between enemies a curious culture of live and let live which constrained the war culture of kill or be killed in fundamental ways.

About this title

About the Author:

Tony Ashworth was raised in the Ithon Valley and educated in Radnorshire, Sussex and the Universities of Leicester and London. He has served with the Royal Air Force and lectures in the University of Wales, Cardiff. He now lives in the Vale of Glamorgan

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0330480685
• ISBN 13: 9780330480680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266