Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914-18

Montreal & Kingston / Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very slight rubbing to jacket corners, little wear overall. Jacket in Brodart for preservation. Quite clean. 'The tunnellers' war still remains one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of the Great War. The product of over twenty-five years of research, [this book] illustrates the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest siege in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front. In the Ypres Salient, the secret struggle beneath No Man's Land became one of engineering, technology and science - and of carefully calculated assassination. In the words of the tunnellers themselves, and through previously unpublished photographs - many in colour - as well as contemporary plans and drawings, this book reveals how this most intense of battles was fought - and won.' Illustrated. 304 pages. May require extra shipping, 8.85 x 11.15 inches..