Letters from the Battlefield [Paperback]

Glyn Harper (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

A collection of letters written home to parents, siblings, lovers, wives and children of New Zealand soldiers in the Great War. These letters describe exactly what it was like to be at war: the waiting, the nervous anticipation, the noise, the dirt, the lice, the stench of dead and rotting bodies decaying in the sun and then the relative sanctuary of hospital. These letters demonstrate the human face of the battlefield.

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About the Author

Glyn Harper is the commanding officer in the New Zealand Army's Military Studies Institute and has been appointed as the army's official historian for the East Timor conflict. He is the author of two previous books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers PTY; illustrated edition edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1869503791
• ISBN-13: 978-1869503796
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,828,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The human face of the battlefield, July 6, 2010

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S. L. Parkinson "Shayne Parkinson" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Letters from the Battlefield (Paperback)

Letters from the heart; letters clearly self-censored before they faced the pen of the official censor. Letters to loved ones; letters expressing sympathy to the families of fallen friends. Men baring their hearts, and men doing their best to make light of pain, fear, and injuries, even those that were in the process of killing them. Very, very moving.