Soldier from the wars returning
Carrington, Charles, 1897-19902015
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'Soldier From the Wars Returning' is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly 50 years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. The author waited nearly fifty years before writing it, and the perspective of history enhances its value. - - He writes only of the battles in which he participated (including the Somme and Passchendaele), though his comments on affairs beyond his knowledge at the time, through later study and reflection, are pungent and stimulating. Among other topics, he describes the politicians, the generals, Kitchener's Army, Hore-Belisha, German gas attacks, Picardy, dug-outs, tanks, the sex-life of the soldier, scrounging. trench kits and the censoring of letters. - - The author saw the First World War from below, as a fighting soldier in a line regiment. In the Second World War he served as a staff officer liaising between the Army and the RAF; serving two tours at RAF Bomber Command HQ at High Wycombe. This equipped him to draw forthright comparisons between the conduct of the two wars. -
Main title:
Soldier from the wars returning / Charles Carrington.
Author:
Carrington, Charles, 1897-1990, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 1965.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781473841840 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
466977