The butterfly that emerged in World War I trench warfare in 1915 aspired to kill: I cannot explain, the diary continues. It comes unseen and makes you oblivious of almost everything at times, save one intense desire to kill, kill, kill, the Germans. Lionel Sotheby s diary and letters are a compelling first-person account of the harrowing experiences of the young British lieutenant at the Western Front. His writing reveals constant peril, hourly discomfort, and gruesome injuries. Brushes with death or mutilation were daily occurrences, and nearby comrades some literally inches away from...
The butterfly that emerged in World War I trench warfare in 1915 aspired to kill: I cannot explain, the diary continues. It comes unseen and makes you...
Facing Armageddon is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a classic in the field. Sixty-four scholars from all over the globe, including the USA, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Holland and the UK, describe their research into what civilians and servicemen passed through, on the land, the sea and in the air. Their pioneering work is as important today as it was when the book was first published, for we can see clearly now how the First World War has shaped the fundamental...
Facing Armageddon is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants'...