Ode to Bully Beef - Couverture souple

Sadler, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 075249189X ISBN 13 : 9780752491899

Editeur : The History Press, 2014

Synopsis

The Second World War (1939-45) was not greeted with the same lavish outpouring of patriotic fervour that had attended August 1914. Any rags of glory had long since been drowned in the mud of Flanders. The Great War had been heralded as 'the war to end all wars'; veterans were promised 'a land fit for heroes'. Both of these vain boasts soon began to sound hollow as depression, unemployment, poverty and a rash of new wars followed. The sons and daughters of those who had embarked upon their own patriotic Calvary did so again in an altogether more sombre spirit. One significant difference between the two conflicts is that, whilst both were industrial wars, the Second World War was far nearer the concept of total war. The growth of strategic air power, in its infancy in 1918, had by 1939 become a reality. In this war, even more widespread and terrible than the last, there were to be no civilians. Death sought new victims everywhere; British citizens were now in the front line, there was to be no respite, no hiding place.This is the poetry and prose of those who were there, ordinary people caught in the terrible maelstrom of mass conflict on a scale hitherto unimagined; this is their testimony.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

John Sadler is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and regular lecturer at a range of heritage venues, an accomplished historical interpreter, and a broadcaster who works regularly for local radio and TV, Channel 4, and BBC Scotland. He specializes in military history and is the author of twenty-two history books, including "The Battle of Flodden." Rosie Serdiville brings history to life through a combination of drama, interpretation, and education. She sits on the Council of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, and is the author of "The Battle of Flodden."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 075249189X
• ISBN 13: 9780752491899
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168