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War Letters of Fallen Englishmen (Pine Street Books)

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Compiled and edited by Laurence Housman (Professor of History, Yale University), War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen is an emotional and compelling collection of primary sources surveying the horrors of World War I, from the writings of Englishmen and three Englishwomen who ultimately joined England's "Lost Generation". WWI casualties disproportionately wiped out the British force's officers, and those officers were usually drawn from the more educated upper class, therefore officers and the upper class are much more heavily represented in War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen than enlisted men, though there is testimony from both segments of the British population. A gripping and clear look of WWI front lines, so real as to make the reader grateful that he or she is not physically there, War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen is a unique and welcome contribution to WWI Military History supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.

Compiled and edited by Laurence Housman (Professor of History, Yale University), War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen is an emotional and compelling collection of primary sources surveying the horrors of World War I, from the writings of Englishmen and three Englishwomen who ultimately joined England's "Lost Generation". WWI casualties disproportionately wiped out the British force's officers, and those officers were usually drawn from the more educated upper class, therefore officers and the upper class are much more heavily represented in War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen than enlisted men, though there is testimony from both segments of the British population. A gripping and clear look of WWI front lines, so real as to make the reader grateful that he or she is not physically there, War Letters Of Fallen Englishmen is a unique and welcome contribution to WWI Military History supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.