Letters from Two World Wars A Social History of English Attitudes to War 1914-45 (Military Series) Tapa dura - 1993

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Alan Sutton. Very Good/Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Lge 8vo 0750902949 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Brown cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No inscription. 228 pages clean and tight. This collection of extracts forms a vivid and poignant history of the experience of modern warfare. Divided into two parts, on the First and Second World Wars, the letters have been drawn together to provide a continuous narrative of events from the fresh perspective of those who were intimately caught up in them. In addition, these letters, a large number of which come from ordinary soldiers and civilians, chronicle a nation's response to war. Common emotions and attitudes are revealed, both towards the personal experience of war and the wider question of the morality of war in general. `It's a bloody thing, half the youth of Europe blown through pain to nothingness,' wrote Rupert Brooke in 1914; `The world has gone truly mad,' wrote… Leer más

Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1993. Hardcover. Good +/Very Good. This collection of extracts forms a vivid and poignant history of the experience of modern warfare. The letters are in two parts - 1st and 2nd World Wars - and have been drawn together to form a continuous narrative of events from the fresh perspective of those who were intimately caught up in them. The full range of common emotions and attitudes to war are revealed as never before. Contains 228 pages, 23.5 x 16cm, and 16 b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Black leather-effect boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, Good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Exceptionally good condition for ex-library example.

(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) The personal experiences of British soldiers and civilians in World Wars I and II from their letters and correspondence from home, and from the front. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Sutton Publishing) (ISBN: 0750902949) (Pagination: 227pp, 20 photos) (Condition: near fine in dw) UL-XXXXXX

Stroud : A. Sutton, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 ; Personal narratives, British. World War, 1939-1945 ; Personal narratives, British. World War 1 Army operations. World War 2 Army operations. English letters.

Stroud : A. Sutton, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; World War II, (1914-1918) ; Personal narratives, British. World War II, (1939-1945) ; Personal narratives, British. English letters. World War I Personal narratives, British. World War II Personal narratives, British. World War 1 Army operations. World War 2 Army operations. First World War, (1914-1918). Second World War, (1939-1945). letter writing. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated. Personal narratives - British.

Sutton Pub Ltd. nice copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1993.