Blindfold and Alone: British Military Executions in the Great War
Corns, Cathryn & John Hughes-Wilson
From Auldfarran Books, IOBA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 26 May 1998
From Auldfarran Books, IOBA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 26 May 1998
About this Item
2001 1st ed. 543pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: about Good in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [photographic illustrations mid-text are rippled from some old moisture contact; some slight rippling of other pages of text; endpp. are foxed; else a complete & tight copy] A comprehensive history of British military executions during the First World War. Seller Inventory # 25130
Bibliographic Details
Title: Blindfold and Alone: British Military ...
Publisher: London: Cassell
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Three hundred and fifty-one men were executed by British Army firing squads between September 1914 and November 1920. By far the greatest number, 266 were shot for desertion in the face of the enemy. Controversial even at the time, these executions of soldiers amid the horrors of the Western Front continue to haunt the history of the war, with talk today of shell shock and posthumous pardons.
This book sets out the facts of these court martials and executions, using new material that only now has become available from the Public Records Office and other sources. Just as importantly, the authors place the story of these executions firmly in the context of the military, social and medical context of the period.
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