Malcolm Brown, "The Imperial War Museum Book of 1918, Year of Victory"
Pan Books - Pan Grand Strategy Series | 1998 | ISBN 0330376721 | 395 pages | PDF | 202MB
1918 was probably the most dramatic and decisive year in British military history. Published on the eightieth anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this book tells the story of a year during which the casualty lists on all sides were longer, the turns of fortune were most remarkable, and action was most intense. The author uses first-hand accounts of the participants of this dreadful conflict to tell of the horror of this conflict as seen through the eyes and experiences of the soldiers. With access to the Imperial War Museums archives he utilizes the reports, letters, diaries and interviews of the soldiers and civilians on both sides who fought during 1918. This is not only history but also flesh and blood. The accounts of some the people in this book are truly sad, they hit home and make plain that these were real people, individuals caught up in a war of massive scale and destruction.