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Last Post (Cassell Military Paperbacks) (Paperback)

by Max Arthur (Author)

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (14 Sep 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 030436732X
ISBN-13: 978-0304367320
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An education, 24 Jan 2006

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This review is from: The Last Post. The Final Word from our FIRST WORLD WAR Soldiers (Hardcover)

This beautiful, vivid and poignant book deserves a wide audience and should be force-fed to every hoody wearing ASBO collecting yob. In their own words, 21 WWI veterans describe their experience of the great war.

This is not a book about facts, dates and statistics. It is macro social history of the uppermost important at the mirco level. It's about real people, normal in almost everyway, who gave so much. It was a humbling read.

Max Arthur through the words of 21 hero's (most now dead) provides a fitting testament to those lost during 1914-1918.

It also highlights what happened after the war, how life continued forever changed.

Reading this book, one is sad not because so many young men died, that is true (Lord Denning said Britain lost its finest men during the war) but because we have forgotten so much about what is important, about being good citizens, about duty, honour and friendship. It is not good enough to mock "not like the old days".

Read the book and decide for yourself.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A great read, 30 Jan 2007

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I echo the comments from the previous reviewer. This is a great read, and it's all their own words. The author has resisted the temptation to interperet or add to, or explain their words.

Not only do the men talk about the war, but they talk about their lives too. And for me that was equally as interesting because I've been tracing my family tree, and it gives you a small insite into the everyday lives of ordinary people at the turn of the last century.

It really is quite amazing how long these men have lived, and the thing that brought it home for me was the fact that some of them had outlived their own children!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very moving read, 4 Dec 2005

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This review is from: The Last Post. The Final Word from our FIRST WORLD WAR Soldiers (Hardcover)

It is absolutely amazing that there are still, in 2005, any veterans at all of the First World War. I love the fact that the author, realising that the last few would soon be gone, raced around the country collecting their stories. He makes no secret of the fact that the men are grouped together by the accident of longevity, rather than anything else, but that does not make their stories any less powerful. Their stories are very moving indeed. These are not great heroes or famous men, but the ordinary soldiers whose courage and stoicism won what was meant to be 'the war to end all wars', and their modesty shines through the accounts. I liked the fact that the author recorded something about all of their lives too, and not just the war years, it gave it a valuable sense of context, and the photographs of the men – then and now – were very touching. For those who can find official military histories a bit overpowering, this is a wonderful book to take you straight to the heart and minds of those who were actually there.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best oral history of WWI
With the passing of the last two veterans of the Great War, Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, I wanted to learn more about their lives and so I bought Last Post which I found... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Devonboy

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Great Stories' from the Men from the 'Great War'
Bought this book after going on a coach trip to visit the The Somme. Having seen the places and felt the atmosphere of the battlefields it was awe inspiring to read the stories... Read more

Published 16 months ago by P. Monks

5.0 out of 5 stars A foot in the door to military history
It would be easy to beleive that in order to enjoy this book you have to have more than a passing interest in the military or the first world war. You don't. Read more

Published 20 months ago by S. E. Day

5.0 out of 5 stars where there's blame there's a claim?
For the first time ever this year i bought a poppy.
that's because i read this book and "forgoten voices of the great war"by the same author. Read more

Published on 9 Nov 2007 by Mrs. D. L. Cox

5.0 out of 5 stars Superbly touching
As an amateur student of military history, this book was always going to be picked up by my interest-radar, and I'm so glad it was. Read more

Published on 8 Aug 2007 by Man Of Kent

5.0 out of 5 stars Sadly, the last post for these ordinary men
What a marvellous, emotional read. Wonderfully put together by the author using his formula that works, of allowing these men to tell their story and memories in their own words... Read more

Published on 5 Dec 2006 by Ally

5.0 out of 5 stars Touching Brilliance
I bought "The Last Post" by Max Arthur as a result of reading an extract in The Guardian. Not only is the book very touching but it approaches brilliance in its editorial style... Read more

Published on 26 Nov 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Last Post - a worthy tribute
When I read Last Post I wasn't looking for 'history' - but for something more personal and emotional - and I was not disappointed. Read more

Published on 26 Nov 2005 by Anne Thomas

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written, touching, and an important document.
A wonderful book. I challenge anyone to reach the end without being moved to tears at least once... the stories in this book are varied, touching, funny, and heartbreaking all at... Read more

Published on 24 Nov 2005

1.0 out of 5 stars Hugely disappointing and badly written - give it a miss
Having read as much as possible on the surviving Great War veterans I bought this book in eager anticipation of a good read. Read more

Published on 21 Nov 2005

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