TOMMY: THE BRITISH SOLDIER ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-1918

This is a first edition (UK, not US) of Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-1918. It is superb and important book that tells the story of an epic and terrible war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it.

Of the six million men who served in the British army, nearly one million lost their lives and over two million were wounded. This is the story of these men – epitomized by the character of Sgt Tommy Atkins. Using previously unseen letters, diaries, memoirs and poetry from the years 1914-1918, Richard Holmes paints a moving picture of the generation that fought and died in the mud of Flanders. He follows men whose mental health was forever destroyed by shell shock, women who lost husbands and brothers in the same afternoon and those who wrote at lunchtime and died before tea. Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, this book tells the real story of trench warfare, the strength and fallibility of the human spirit, the individuals behind an epic event, and their legacy. It is an emotional and unforgettable masterpiece from one of our most important historians.

The dust jacket is dappled and has some shelfwear, as shown.The inside is perfect.

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