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When This Bloody War Is Over
by
Max Arthur
The songs of the First World War represent the ascendancy of the human spirit over the cruel inhumanity of the war. Max Arthur has collected together the lyrics of nearly 100 of the songs that the soldiers sang on the march, in the trenches and in their rare moments of rest. Each song is annotated by the author, giving the historical background and tune wherever possible.
Paperback, Large Print, 217 pages
Published
January 28th 2002
by Dales Large Print Books
(first published 2001)
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I enjoyed this book. It was interesting reading the different songs that were sung during WWI. There were crude songs ( which made me laugh), uplifting songs and sober songs. All of the songs spoke of truth and the more sober ones rang of truth more then the others. You can tell by the songs that the men were able to keep their moral up in the most depression of times. The preface and intro were especially interesting and gave a brief idea of the world these men came from. The only two things I ...more
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Max Arthur is an author who specialises in first-hand recollections of historical events. He has worked closely with the Imperial War Museum to bring together two books in the Forgotten Voices series, Forgotten Voices of the Great War and Forgotten Voices of the Second World War. Prior to becoming a writer, he served with the Royal Air Force and for some years was an actor.
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