Tommy's War: The Western Front in Soldiers' Words and Photographs

by Richard van Emden

Book Overview

Shortly after images of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914 found their way into national newspapers in Britain, the military authorities banned the private use of cameras on the Western Front. A considerable number of soldiers continued to use them illicitly to record life and death in the frontline trenches. Thousands of those photos survive today, most never published before--Tommy's War is a deeply personal and incredibly revealing portrait...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408844362
• ISBN13: 9781408844366
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 2.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 9.6"