Killing Time: Archaeology And The First World War - Couverture souple

Saunders, Nicholas J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0752456024 ISBN 13 : 9780752456027

Editeur : The History Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Great War of 1914-1918 now stands at the furthest edge of living memory. And yet, hardly a month passes without some dramatic and sometimes tragic discovery being made along the old killing fields of the Western Front. Graves of British soldiers buring during battle - still lying in rows seemingly arm in arm or found crouching at the entrance to a dugout; whole 'underground cities' of trenches, dugouts and shelters have been preserved in the mud; field hospitals carved out of the chalk country of the Somme marked with grafitti; unexploded bombs and gas canisters - all of these are the poignant and sometimes deadly legacies of a war we can never forget. Killing Time digs beneath the surface of war to uncover the living reality left behind. Nicholas J Saunders brings together a wealth of discoveries to offer fresh insights into the human and often barbaric aspect of warfare. He uses discoveries in the trenches, family photographs, diaries and souvenirs to give the dead a voice. You cannot fail to be fascinated and moved by what he unearths.

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À propos de l?auteur

NICHOLAS J. SAUNDERS is a leading authority on the development of an anthropological and modern scientific archaeology of the First World War. He has written extensively on the subject and is Lecturer in Material Culture and British Academy Senior Research in the Department of Anthropology, University College, London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752456024
• ISBN 13: 9780752456027
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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