The Battlefields of the First World War (Revised): From the First Battle of Ypres to Passchendaele (General Military)

Barton, Peter; Doyle, Peter

ISBN 10: 1845298845 / ISBN 13: 9781845298845

Published by Osprey Publishing, 2008

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Hardcover book. The exterior can have some minor wear. Includes DVD inside back cover; appears to have never been opened. Outer box shows only light wear. All items ship Monday - Saturday - Fast Shipping in a secure package. Your purchase will help support the programs and collections of the Johnson County (Kansas) Library.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Battlefields of the First World War (Revised): From the First Battle of Ypres to Passchendaele (General Military)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845298845
• ISBN 13: 9781845298845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: VeryGood

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Synopsis

This spectacular visual chronicle brings together 200 previously unseen panoramic images of World War I, covering the Western Front from end to end and from all years of the war. Taken at huge personal risk by the Royal Engineers for secret intelligence purposes, they reveal what no other photographs can. Each panorama offers a view of up to 160 degrees, so sharply focused that the individual figures of a waiting sniper or a louse-tortured infantryman can be made out. Introduced by historian Richard Holmes, and published in association with London's Imperial War museum, this collection reveals the landscape of World War I as it really was: rural landscapes and villages appear alongside the ruinous muddy wastes that epitomise war-torn France in the modern imagination.

About the Author

Peter Barton is secretary of the All Party War Graves and Battlefield Heritage Group. He produced the critically acclaimed documentary film The Undergound War, and is co-author, with Peter Doyle, of Beneath Flanders Fields.

Peter Doyle is a scientist and military historian specializing in the role of terrain in warfare. In addition to numerous scientific books and papers, he has written: Tommy's War 1914-1918 (Crowood 2008), The Home Front: 1939-45 (Crowood, 2007, with Paul Evans); Beneath Flanders Fields: The Underground War 1914-18 (Spellmount, 2004, with Peter Barton and Johan Vandewalle) and Grasping Gallipoli (Spellmount, 2005, with Peter Chasseaud). He is co-secretary of the All Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefield Heritage Group, and is an elected member of the British Commission for Military History. He lives in London.