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Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901-2001

Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901-2001

Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901-2001
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Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901-2001

by Ziegler, Philip

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ISBN 10
0701169540
ISBN 13
9780701169541
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London: Chatto and Windus, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An in-depth study of the character and spirit of soldiers. This book takes as its starting point interviews with Chelsea Pensioners whose lives in the army span the 20th century, and who have seen action from World War I to Korea. Author Philip Ziegler is fascinated by the value that war veterans share, which the army must have inculcated in them: self-discipline, acceptance of risk and pain, patriotism, and solidarity with their fellow soldiers. Of course there is sometimes bigotry, narrow-mindedness and even blinkered stupidity. Ziegler also addresses the question of whether army values are still admired in modern British society. Above all though, this book celebrates the lives and attitudes of soldiers and comes to an understanding of the ethos that means so much to them..

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Philip Ziegler is the author of London at War ; the biographer of, among others, Diana Cooper, Mountbatten, Harold Wilson and Edward VIII; and a historian of the Black Death. He is a skilled and sensitive interviewer and regards this book as the most important he has written.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
15316
Title
Soldiers: Fighting Men's Lives, 1901-2001
Author
Ziegler, Philip
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0701169540
ISBN 13
9780701169541
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2001
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords
Soldier Army War Chelsea Pensioners Hospital
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