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The Trench: Life and Death on the Western Front 1914 - 1918 by Trevor Yorke
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A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2014-03-04
- ISBN
- 9781846743177
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Trench: Life and Death on the Western Front 1914-1918
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- Countryside Books
- Genre
- History
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / World War I
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 96 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Countryside Books
ISBN-10
1846743176
ISBN-13
9781846743177
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201570911
Product Key Features
Book Title
Trench: Life and Death on the Western Front 1914-1918
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / World War I
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-481185
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.4144
Synopsis
The horrors of the First World War scarred an entire generation at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now, one hundred years later, we are asked to reflect upon it and remember what a disastrous episode of history it was. During the next four years many thousands of people,especially the young in school parties, will visit the battle sites of the Western Front in France and Belgium, with their museums, their cemeteries, memorials and trench reconstructions. It was the trenches that were the setting for so much of the carnage. This book offers a brief, straightforward, illustrated history of the First World War in some 96 pages. In particular, it explains the trenches and what it was like to live and fight in them. Using his own diagrams, illustrations, and maps, author Trevor Yorke explains the architecture of them, with their command posts, sally points, tunnels, machine gun nests,duck boards, and sleeping billets. There are chapters to explain tactics, weaponry, and daily life. There are special features on the introduction of new weapons of war, such as tanks, early airplanes, and the first use of poison gas. These can bring home to us a real understanding of the unique inhumanity of the war, and why the dates 1914 -1918 require all generations of today to remember and learn from them. As Michael Morpurgo says in his Foreword: 'As we begin to mark the centenary of the First World War, we should honor those who died, most certainly, and gratefully too, but we should never glorify. During these next four years of commemoration we should read the poems, the stories, the history, the diaries, visit the cemeteries -German cemeteries as well as ours - they were all sons and brothers and lovers and husbands and fathers too.', The horrors of the First World War scarred an entire generation at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now,one hundred years later, we are asked to reflect upon it and remember what a disastrous episode of history it was., The horrors of the First World War scarred an entire generation at the beginning of the twentieth century. Now, one hundred years later, we are asked to reflect upon it and remember what a disastrous episode of history it was. During the next four years many thousands of people, especially the young in school parties, will visit the battle sites of the Western Front in France and Belgium, with their museums, their cemeteries, memorials and trench reconstructions. It was the trenches that were the setting for so much of the carnage. This book offers a brief, straightforward, illustrated history of the First World War in some 96 pages. In particular, it explains the trenches and what it was like to live and fight in them. Using his own diagrams, illustrations, and maps, author Trevor Yorke explains the architecture of them, with their command posts, sally points, tunnels, machine gun nests, duck boards, and sleeping billets. There are chapters to explain tactics, weaponry, and daily life. There are special features on the introduction of new weapons of war, such as tanks, early airplanes, and the first use of poison gas. These can bring home to us a real understanding of the unique inhumanity of the war, and why the dates 1914 -1918 require all generations of today to remember and learn from them. As Michael Morpurgo says in his Foreword: 'As we begin to mark the centenary of the First World War, we should honor those who died, most certainly, and gratefully too, but we should never glorify. During these next four years of commemoration we should read the poems, the stories, the history, the diaries, visit the cemeteries -German cemeteries as well as ours - they were all sons and brothers and lovers and husbands and fathers too.'
LC Classification Number
D607.3.Y67 2014
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