Forgotten Voices of the Great War - Max Arthur

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 ...

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 ...