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Peter Barton - author of Beneath Flanders Fields.
‘A deeply gratifying and thought-provoking book...full of human interest and insight...a must read.’
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Using the veterans' own words and photographs, the book brings to life a mixture of their excitement of embarkation for France, their unbound optimism and courage, the agony of the trenches, and numbing fear of going over the top. The fight for survival, the long ordeal of those who were wounded and the ever present grief caused by appalling loss and waste of life make for compelling reading.
The veterans give us first hand accounts of stark honesty, as they describe in many cases more freely than ever before about experiences which have lived with them for over 80 years.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The authors searched and raced against time to find the few remaining WWI veterans and to capture their thoughts and memories. The survivors include women who nursed, or who coped with the deaths of loved ones, and they are all heroes. They recall the superhuman courage and sacrifices which became routine under those horrifying circumstances, and with the perspective granted by age they manage to make sense of the conflict which changed the world as no prior or subsequent event ever did. Awe-inspiring reading, a must for anyone who wants to understand the 20th century.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was not only an interesting read, but also awe-inspiring.
Although the hardship of the men and women involved is clearly depicted, without being gruesome, not once is there a sense of self pity.
The humble and down-to-earth manner of the characters only enhances the sheer and utter waist of life.
God bless them all.
Although the hardship of the men and women involved is clearly depicted, without being gruesome, not once is there a sense of self pity.
The humble and down-to-earth manner of the characters only enhances the sheer and utter waist of life.
God bless them all.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Veterans: The Last Survivors of the Great War
2 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
With the dawning of the new century, the memories of the Great War will be just that. The authors of "Veterans: The Last Survivors of the Great War" have painstakingly sought out those remaining men and women who fought in World War I, and uses their words and memories to paint the picture of the reality of the experience.
The memories are grouped by chapters which makes it easy to use for quick reference or personal interest. Each chapter contains stories, quotations, and memories from soldiers who fought in the trenches, nurses, or those who waited at home. Each chapter incorporates a variety of memories, not just soldier's memories.
As the horror of that War may fade in our memories, this book will serve to remind us of what was endured by so many as told in their own words.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Priceless Memory & Testament .
5 Sep 2002
Format:Hardcover
Having watched the television documentary series, reading the book was a welcome addition and a possession that I will always treasure.
As the years go by, these veterans now in their 90's and many aged 100 plus, are becoming fewer and fewer.
Their experiences so excellently documented here are a fitting epitaph to those no longer able to tell their incredible stories.
The vivid recollections of the experiences in the trenches, at the front, going over the top and seeing so many of their comrades slaughtered are heart-rending.
The individual accounts of these heroes portrayed here relate to one of the most catastrophic and traumatic conflicts in history. A conflict that will soon be beyond living memory. These personal stories are a priceless memory and testament of what occurred in order that we might live in freedom.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Veterans, The Last Survivors of The Great War
16 July 2006
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Like other books by Richard Van Emden, this collection was totally enjoyable. The author, similar to Brown, Macdonald, Arthur and others, has the great ability to allow the reader to nearly experience the Great War through the eyes of those who fought it. The emotions, fears, feelings of those soldiers and civilians are captured in a magnificent way in this book.
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