Publisher’s Description:
‘Walter Stephen provides an uninhibited look at the misery and toil of World War I through a collection of twelve stories. Providing a Scottish perspective, he takes a look at reports from home and abroad with scepticism, delving deeper to unveil the unencumbered truth. Recalling Siegfried Sassoon s words, Stephen reveals the failures of those in command as the Great War became known as A Dirty Swindle. The varied accounts chronicle the progress of troops from recruitment to training to the frontline, as well as revealing a side of Field Marshal Haig never seen before.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction True Stories
Chapter 1 A Peace Warrior and His Family in the Great War
Chapter 2 Out of the Frying Pan
Chapter 3 Dark Lochnagar
Chapter 4 The First Hundred Thousand
Chapter 5 McCrae s Battalion Eponymous or Anonymous?
Chapter 6 The War Poets in the Eye of the Storm
Chapter 7 Memento Mori
Chapter 8 Their Name Liveth
Chapter 9 Observe the Sons of Ulster
Chapter 10 The Scottish National War Memorial
Chapter 11 God bless the Kaiser!
Chapter 12 Andra and the Field-Marshal
Bibliographical Note’
Centenary News Review
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