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Forgotten Voices of the Great War: The Struggle to Victory: August 1917 - November 1918
by
Max Arthur
In 1972, a team of academics and archivists from the Imperial War Museum set about the momentous task of tracing ordinary men and women who lived through one of the most harrowing periods in modern history, the First World War. Veterans from Britain, Germany, America, and Australia were interviewed in detail about their day-to-day experiences on and off the front. It has s...more
Audio, 1 pages
Published
October 1st 2003
by Random House Audiobooks
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This really a must read, and much more interesting than what they were (or are) teaching you at school about the Great War. This book makes the WWI come alive right before your eyes, and it's not simple or heroic at all. In fact, you might want to close this book and wish you've never picked it up, but once you start reading it, you won't be able to put it down.
It's also illustrated with black and white photos, which help to imagine what was it like back then (I wish the photos were ...more
It's also illustrated with black and white photos, which help to imagine what was it like back then (I wish the photos were ...more
This is a remarkable work. Max Arthur has distilled hundreds of hours of interviews into small pieces which he then assembles in to a patchwork gradually forming a picture of the Great War. No knowledge of the details of the war are needed; this is a view from ordinary people from all sides, including women of the Land Army and medical staff.
The voices are of their time which adds to the sense of authority. These men are confused, weighed down, horrified, but they keep their feeling...more
The voices are of their time which adds to the sense of authority. These men are confused, weighed down, horrified, but they keep their feeling...more
Max Arthur's compilation of First World War memories, Forgotten Voices of the Great War, offers a reminder of the scale of human experience within the 1914-18 conflict. Arthur, a military historian best known for his history of the RAF and his account of the Falklands campaign in 1982, has assembled hundreds of excerpts from the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum. Officers, rank-and-file troops, Australians, Americans, war widows, women in the munitions factories, and German soldiers too,...more
As any historian knows first hand accounts are invaluable and this is what this book is. Within it's pages you find a selection of excerpts from interviews with survivors of World War 1 that were undertaken during the 1970s. These are ordered so that they are chronological in their context and include not only the troops at the front, but during the early period of the war. This includes interviews with civilian men and women to give you an insight into the public feeling and enthusiasm for the ...more
Max Arthur’s new book covering the Great War is quite unique in that its content is nearly all first-hand accounts from people who experienced the horror of the Great War. The author has utilized a number of tape recorded interviews conducted by the Imperial War Museum in 1972. Many of the tapes from the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive had been forgotten and left unheard for years.
Now Max Arthur has put together many of these unheard voices from the Great War to produce this spell...more
Now Max Arthur has put together many of these unheard voices from the Great War to produce this spell...more
For anyone who wished they had the opportunity to talk with someone who was in the Great War. Transcribed from audio at the British Imperial War Museum. Honest, as far as one can be with 'Modern Memory'and historiography, but nonetheless very important primary sources from those 'over there.' It is an essential archive that goes beyond data and strategy. It is a book that exists for its own sake.
A collection of first person quotes sequential to the main events of WWII in England. If you like a continuous flowing story, this is not the book for you. If you want to get a series of brief personal observations from numerous different people, then this book is excellent.
Fascinating to read comments from people who were actually involved. Although the collator has placed the remarks loosely in chronological order I found it disjointed as a result.
A stunning piece of oral history, bringing the events of nearly a century ago to life in a startling and honest way. A recommended read
Amazing book! I read it for background information before teaching WAR as topic to my class. Very interesting - a must read.
A fascinating account of the Great war from the point of view of the soldiers in the tranches.
It was interesting but it wasn't a marvel.
Poignant, touching, moving, tragic. Laurence Binyon's poem, For The Fallen, which is read each armistice day contains the well-known line, ''We will remember them''. As further generations increase the distance between that time and now, how can we remember them? Should we even bother? I think we should.
My History teacher gave this to me while we studying WW1 and it was really informative and clear. Great if you want a bit of background information WW1.
Outstanding book.
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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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