There are many books on the First World War, but award-winning and
bestselling historian Peter Englund takes a daring and stunning new
approach. Describing the experiences of twenty ordinary people from
around the world, all now unknown, he explores the everyday aspects of
war: not only the tragedy and horror, but also the absurdity, monotony
and even beauty. Two of these twenty will perish, two will become
prisoners of war, two will become celebrated heroes and two others end
up as physical wrecks. One of them goes mad, another will never hear a
shot fired.
Following soldiers and sailors, nurses and government workers, from
Britain, Russia, Germany, Australia and South America - and in
theatres of war often neglected by major histories on the period -
Englund reconstructs their feelings, impressions, experiences and
moods. This is a piece of anti-history: it brings this epoch-making
event back to its smallest component, the individual.
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ISBN
9781847654304
Publisert
2018
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Profile Books
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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