Death's Men: Soldiers Of The Great War
Autor Denis Winteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2014
'A raw, haunting read'Guardian
Death's Menis the story of the brave, ordinary men who were called on to face the horrors of war. It shows the reality of the First World War the voices of the men who fought.
'An engrossing view of what it was like to live in the trenches'Telegraph
Denis Winter read history at Pembroke College, Cambridge.Death's Menwas first published in 1978, to critical acclaim, and here is reissued for the 2014 centenary.
'Highly readable'Time Out
'A compelling account of what the war was like for the ordinary soldier' Professor Trevor Wilson
'A novel and arresting approach to the writing of military history' John Keegan,New Statesman
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241969151
ISBN-10: 0241969158
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 16pp B&W
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241969158
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 16pp B&W
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Denis
Winter
was
born
in
1940
and
read
history
at
Pembroke
College,
Cambridge.Death's
Menwas
first
published
in
1978,
to
critical
and
popular
acclaim.
This
was
followed
by
his
bookThe
First
of
the
Few:
Fighter
Pilots
of
the
First
World
War.
Recenzii
An
engrossing
view
of
what
it
was
like
to
live
in
the
trenches,
go
on
leave,
get
wounded,
et
cetera,
and
features
voice
after
voice
from
the
ranks
Highly readable . . . it transforms the individual soldier into the subject of history and the war itself into a series of intense states of consciousness lived out at the very edge of endurance
A compelling account of what the war was like for the ordinary soldier
A novel and arresting approach to the writing of military history
Highly readable . . . it transforms the individual soldier into the subject of history and the war itself into a series of intense states of consciousness lived out at the very edge of endurance
A compelling account of what the war was like for the ordinary soldier
A novel and arresting approach to the writing of military history