Voices From the Front Line: Words from the Field of Human Conflict

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ISBN 10: 1840246863 / ISBN 13: 9781840246865

Published by - -, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voices From the Front Line: Words from the Field of Human Conflict
• Publisher: - -
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840246863
• ISBN 13: 9781840246865
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The inescapable irony of war is its ability to inspire the finest and most poignant literature. This book gathers together vivid and eloquent rose and poetry from those who, throughout history, have witnessed the intensity of war at first hand. Voices from the Front Line is an anthology of powerful and evocative writings about human conflict, including not only literary giants and charismatic leaders but also civilian journalists and the diaries, letters and songs of ordinary private soldiers.

• Lieutenant Kincaid on the violent final moments of Waterloo

• General Grant on the Civil War's end at Appomattox

• Wilfred Owen on the pity of war

• Winston Churchill prepares Britain for World War Two

• George Orwell on the shock of being hit by a fascist bullet in the Spanish Civil War

• Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Collins rouses his troops with a stirring address in the Kuwaiti desert in 2003

About the Author

Based In - London and West Sussex. Both Antony and Nicholas Bird were educated at Winchester College. Antony became a town planner and then a publisher of military history books. Nicholas is an elected member of the Royal United Services Institute and writes for International Affairs the Chatham House journal. Formerly an art historian for Christie's and the Victoria and Albert Museum, he has been elected to the council of the Society for Army Historial Research. They now run Bird Battlefield Tours, which takes small groups to battlefields from Gallipoli to Gettysburg and Falaise to Verdun.