THE SWORD AND THE PEN

(Editor) Michael Brander

ISBN 10: 0850521106 / ISBN 13: 9780850521108

Published by Leo Cooper, 1989

About this Item

(Subject: History & Development of Warfare - General) An anthology of military history from the 18th century to World War I, extracted from the diaries of soldiers from Private to Lieutenant. Published to celebrate Leo Cooper's twenty one years as a publisher. Looks at the comradeship, the boredom, the bravery, the misery, all illustrating the commonality of experience. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Leo Cooper) (ISBN: 0850521106) (Pagination: 160pp, illustrations) (Condition: vg in d/w) UL-XXXXXX.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SWORD AND THE PEN
• Publisher: Leo Cooper
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850521106
• ISBN 13: 9780850521108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • (Subject: History & Development of Warfare - Ge...

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Synopsis

In this anthology of military history the author uses extracts from the diaries of soldiers from the time of the American War of Independence up to the Falklands War to reveal their thoughts and attitudes to facing up to the cannon, under shellfire and going over the top in World War I.

From the Back Cover

Using mainly little-known, published and unpublished, diaries of soldiers from Private to Lieutenant, serving in the continent of Europe and as far afield as India, from the 18th century to the 1914-18 War, Michael Brander has shown the effects of war on the men themselves, largely in their own words.