1914 Voices from the Battlefields

by Matthew Richardson, Peter H. Liddle (Foreword)

The opening battles on the Western Front marked a watershed in military history. A dramatic, almost Napoleonic war of movement quickly gave way to static, attritional warfare in which modern weaponry had forced the combatants to take to the earth. Some of the last cavalry charges took place in the same theatre in which armoured cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes were beginning to make their presence felt.

These dramatic developments were recorded in graphic detail by soldiers who were eyewitnesses to them. There is a freshness and immediacy to their accounts which Matthew Richardson exploits in this thoroughgoing reassessment of the 1914 campaign.

His vivid narrative emphasises the perspective of the private soldiers and the junior officers of the British Army, the men at the sharp end of the fighting.

This title has full colour plates containing over 100 illustrations.

Genres: World War I, Nonfiction

296 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 2013

About the author

Matthew Richardson is Curator of Social History at Manx National Heritage (UK). He has a long-term interest in military history and has published several outstanding books on the subject. He also an interest in the history of the Isle of Man TT.

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