Walter Reid

Supreme Sacrifice (eBook, ePUB)

A Small Village and the Great War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The war memorial in the Scottish village of Bridge of Weir lists 72 men who died during the First World War. Their deaths occurred in almost every theatre of the war. They were awarded very few medals and their military careers were not remarkable - except in the important respect that they, like countless other peaceful civilians, answered their country's call in its time of need.

This book follows the lives of these sons of Bridge of Weir, not just as soldiers, sailors and airmen, but as husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and members of a small local community which felt their loss intensely. At the same time it also paints a larger picture of the war - of the politicians and generals and military campaigns which shaped it. The brave men of Bridge of Weir know little of the wider context - their experience was of the little histories in which they fought and died. Readers of this book will understand what the 72 never knew: why and how the war was fought that claimed their lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Birlinn
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780274485
• Artikelnr.: 45613355

Autorenporträt

Walter Reid is the author of a number of acclaimed works on military and political history, with a focus on British imperial policy. His last book, Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: Britain's Betrayal of India, was published in May 2016. He was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh universities. He lives in Scotland but spends several months each year in France.