The other side of the trench : the spirit of war
(2012)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Garry Willmott, 2012
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781742982311 (electronic bk.) MWT12304871, 174298231X (electronic bk.) 12304871
LANGUAGE
English
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This story deserves to be told. Garry Willmott creates graphic and quite horrifying insights into unseen and 'unsung' aspects of World War 1, where so many Australian, Canadian, British, New Zealander, American and French soldiers were slaughtered and still, today, lie uninterred in forgotten furrows of French fields. The author tells this story in a simple direct style that has an immediate impact. Garry Willmott's ancestors are among those who lost their lives fighting against the Kaiser's Juggernaut. The characters of the soldiers come to life and even in death; their spirits are revived in the telling. The courage of our soldiers and their betrayal by British Generals moves the reader to sorrow and to anger as we witness not only the terrible personal suffering of the soldiers, but also the long-term effects upon families left behind

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