Letters from the front : from the First World War to the present day

Roberts, Andrew

ISBN 10: 1472803345 / ISBN 13: 9781472803344

Published by Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Osprey Publishing, 2012

About this Item

Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 452 p. Subjects: Soldiers Commonwealth countries ; Correspondence. Military history, Modern 20th century ; Sources. Military history, Modern 21st century ; Sources. Genre: Biography. Language: English. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters from the front : from the First World War to the present day
• Publisher: Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Osprey Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472803345
• ISBN 13: 9781472803344
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

About this title

Synopsis

A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love, hope and fear sit alongside amusing anecdotes, grumbles about rations and thoughtful reflections, eloquently revealing how, despite the passage of time, the experiences of the fighting man are shared in countless wars and battles across history. From the muddy trenches of the Somme through the frozen ground of the Falklands to the heat and dust of Afghanistan today, these letters are the ordinary soldier's testament to life on the front line.

About the Authors

Andrew Roberts is the author of Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West (which won the International Churchill Society Book Award) and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900 (which won the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Book Award). His other books include Napoleon and Wellington, Eminent Chuchillians and Salisbury, which won the Wolfson History Prize. His latest book, The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War, won the British Army Military Book of the Year for 2010. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a PhD in History from Cambridge University.

Imperial War Museums (IWM) tells the stories of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the First World War. Their unique collections, made up of the everyday and the exceptional, help to tell the stories of people's spirit, resilience, creativity and innovation in the face of adversity.