From Downing Street to the Trenches by Mike Webb

From Downing Street to the Trenches by Mike Webb

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Why did Asquith take Britain to war in 1914? What did educated young men believe their role should be? What was it like to fly over the Somme battlefield? How could a trench on the front line be ‘the safest place’? These fascinating contemporary papers paint a highly personal and immediate picture of the war as it happened.

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From Downing Street to the Trenches by Mike Webb

Why did Asquith take Britain to war in 1914? What did educated young men believe their role should be? What was it like to fly over the Somme battlefield? How could a trench on the front line be the safest place? These fascinating contemporary papers paint a highly personal and immediate picture of the war as it happened.
Mike Webb is Head of Cataloguing of the Western Manuscripts section, Bodleian Libraries.
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ISBN 13 9781851243938
ISBN 10 1851243933
Title From Downing Street to the Trenches
Author Mike Webb
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bodleian Library
Year published 2014-06-20
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.