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Forgotten Voices of the Great War - Max Arthur

Description: ISBN 0091888875 / Author: Max Arthur / Genre: History / Max Arthur's compilation of First World War memories, Forgotten Voices of the ... more

Forgotten Voices of the Great War - Max Arthur ... Great War, offers a reminder of the scale of human experience within the 1914-18 conflict. Arthur, a military historian best known for his history of the RAF and his account of the Falklands campaign in 1982, has assembled hundreds of excerpts from the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum. Officers, rank-and-file troops, Australians, Americans, war widows, women in the munitions factories, and German soldiers too, all left oral testimony of their experiences, and these interviews provide the basis of the book. Arthur has put them in chronological and campaign order, and provided a general commentary, but beyond that, has left the rich and moving record to speak for itself.

Newest Review: ... ordinary men and women who had lived through the conflict. Veterans from Britain, Germany America, Australia and Canada were ... more

... interviewed. It is these recordings that are used to tell the story of the Great War. These are personal accounts of the war from individuals of many different backgrounds from officers, ordinary soldiers and people at home working in the factories producing munitions etc. Everyone's lives were effected in one way or another, those that answered the call to arms and those that waved goodbye to loved ones, in many cases never to see them again. The feelings and emotions of the people involved are at the forefront...more

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Forgotten Voices of the Great War - Max Arthur: A must for anyone interested in the Great War (322 words)
by - written on 11/06/09 (Useful, 3 readings)
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As the veterans of this conflict pass away so to does the living link, there are only two veterans who served in this conflict still alive and when they pass away this conflict will pass into history. This book tells the events of the Great War in the words of the people who experienced it. In 1972 with the number of veterans decreasing the Imperial War museum set about interviewing ordinary men and women who had lived through the conflict. Veterans from Britain, Germany America, Australia and Canada were interviewed. It is these recordings that are used to tell the story of the Great War. These are personal accounts of the war from individuals ... Read the complete review

Forgotten Voices of the great war (770 words)
by - written on 21/07/08 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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I am currently studying history at A level and am very interested in the two world wars and have bought so many different information and text books with information on these wars. These have all been useful to not only my studies, but also in my own personal research and interest in the subject, one that is very emotional and important to me and the history of not only this country, but the whole world. However this book is very different and recounts the war as it was - it is basically a collection of diary extracts from hundreds of different people who were alive and involved in the war - either fighting on the front line or helping on the home front. This book is ... Read the complete review

Forgotten Voices of the Great War - Max Arthur: Truly inspiring read (315 words)
by - written on 26/06/06 (Useful, 50 readings)
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I read this book over quite a considerable period of time. It is not something I feel you can simply pick up and read from cover to cover. The book is in chronological order, for each year of the First World War. I read each year at a time and then took a break in between. By doing this I felt I was giving myself time to reflect on all of the entries that I read. The book is order chronologically (as I’ve said) and with notes and entries from a vast range of people involved in, and affected by, the First World War. Within in each year, there are sections for different battles, thereby keeping all linked entries together. The people whose information has ... Read the complete review