Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War
A New History of the Second World War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There
$53.94
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2005
Summary
A unique history of World War 2 in the words of those who were there - the paperback sequel to the bestselling Forgotten Voices of the Great War
The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during WW2. As in the highly-acclaimed Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Max Arthur and his team of researchers spent hundreds of hours digging deep into this unique archive, uncovering tapes, many of w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091897352 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091897351 |
| Author: | Max Arthur |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2005 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
An extraordinary and immensely moving book
These stories are so harrowing, their witness so precise and devastating * The Times *With the rawness and immediacy that only this kind of oral history can provide * Sunday Times *An extraordinary and immensely moving book – Stephen FryA unique collection of personal testimonies … a timely reminder of the sacrifices and horrors of war * Sunday Express *The sound of real human voices: bewildered, sad, often angry, sometimes bitter, but for the most part remarkable … a shattered relay-race of narrative gives the book a ghostly, choric poetry * Telegraph *…Breathe a sense of immediacy, of being there on the spot; and the spot is, only too often, a place of horror…thoroughly readable by anyone who wants to know what it felt like to be engaged in a world war….That war is horrible, no sensible reader can doubt; that this war was worth fighting, to get rid of barbaric regimes, comes across well * Spectator *
About The Author
Max Arthur
Acclaimed author Max Arthur specialises in first-hand recollections of historical events. Previous titles include The Manchester United Air Crash; Above All Courage; Northern Ireland- Soldiers Talking; Men of the Red Beret; There Shall Be Wings- The RAF 1918 to the Present; The True Glory- The Royal Navy 1914 to Present.
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