The 1916 Battle of the Somme: A Reappraisal (Wordsworth Military Library)
by Peter Liddle
Category: History

Not restricted to the view of the front-line infantryman, this text also describes the experiences of the gunner, sapper, airman, medical officer, and nursing sister. The author explains how the Somme became scorched into the nation's heritage and into its historical consciousness, but with a distortion produced by a literary legacy as regrettable as it is understandable.