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Lädt ... Soldier from the Wars Returningvon Charles Carrington
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 1217. Soldier From the Wars Returning, by Charles Carrington (3 May 1973) This is a British officer's story of his time in World War One. He arrived in France in 1915, was sent to Italy at the end of 1917--after going thru Passchendaele--and was in England in 1918. The book alternates between his personal experiences and the larger view of the war as he remembers it. This is not a well-organized book, and its aim is random, but it has its moments. He says Edmund Blunden's Undertones of War (read by me 18 May 1973) is literature, all the other WW1 books are only mementos of the occasion. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. He writes only of the battles in which he participated (including the Somme and Passchendaele), though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the time, through later study and reflection, are pungent and stimulating. Among other topics, he describes the politicians, the generals, Kitchener's Army, Hore-Belisha, German gas attacks, Picardy, dug-outs, tanks, the sex-life of the soldier, scrounging. trench kits and the censoring of letters. The author saw the First World War from below, as a fighting soldier in a line regiment. In the Second World War he served as a staff officer liaising between the Army and the RAF; serving two tours at RAF Bomber Command HQ at High Wycombe. This equipped him to draw forthright comparisons between the conduct of the two wars. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.48141History and Geography Europe Europe Military History Of World War I Personal narratives, secret service Entente alliesKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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