ANZAC to Amiens: A Shorter History of the Australian Fighting Services in the First World War by C E W Bean

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has inscribed title page. Sunning to foredges. Some foxing marks on inside front and back endapges. Book now enclased in non-adhesive plastic covering. Body text and binding are still very good.

Charles Bean witnessed it all. Appointed official war correspondent with the Australian Imperial Force in 1914, he spent the entire war in Europe at the cutting edge of the military machine.

Anzac to Amiens is Bean's remarkable condensation of the twelve-volume official history of Australia's involvement in World War I. It describes with great clarity and compassion the strategies, tactical strikes, shellings, and sacrifices of that terrible and drawn-out conflict.

An acknowledged classic of military history, Anzac to Amiens is compelling and compulsory reading for every Australian interested in the nation's bloody coming of age. (Trove)