A War in WordsThis is a portrait of World War I through the letters and diaries of its participants, recently uncovered during extensive research across 28 countries for the 10-part Channel 4 series, The First World War, showing during autumn 2003. itself and from all sides of the conflict. Their testimony - from that of one of Franz Ferdinand's assassins, to the final entry from a French soldier as he revisits the battlefield in 1919 - recounts the complex history of a war whose repercussions changed the world irrevocably. |
Contents
AustriaHungary and the Balkans in 1914 | 2 |
The First Shots | 3 |
Setting off to the Front | 18 |
Copyright | |
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A War in Words: The First World War in Diaries and Letters Svetlana Palmer,Sarah Wallis No preview available - 2004 |
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