On the Front Lines: The Experience of War Through the Eyes of the Allied Soldiers in World War II

by John Ellis

Book Overview

Described as a classic by the critics, On the Front Lines strips away the glamour of war and shows--in the words of the infantrymen and gunners who fought on the front lines--what it was really like in the trenches in World War II. Published on the 50th anniversary of the U.S.'s entry into the war.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471551481
• ISBN13: 9780471551485
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

First Class

The best in its subject area that I have read and comparable in impact with Keegan's Face Of Battle.

Powerful and first-rate!

This is one of the best books ever written on the experience of the common soldier in World War II (or of any war). Ellis shows remarkable range in examining the reaction of Allied soldiers in WW II (in Africa, Europe, and Asia) to the experience and stress of combat and war. There is not a false note in this book. Thorough, moving, insightful, and complete.