Survivors of a Kind: Memoirs of the Western Front

by Brian Bond

This original book shows that many memoirs of the Western Front are not only literary masterpieces but are also of great value to historians. Brian Bond examines a range of works in this neglected genre which demonstrate the remarkable variety of combat experiences and postwar reflections, ranging from poets like Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon and Edmund Blunden striving to overcome traumas; to warriors or 'Fire Eaters' like Lord Reith and Alf Pollard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912390396
• ISBN13: 9781912390397
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"