The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18: The Australian Imperial Force in France, 1917

Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 #4

by C.E.W. Bean

pp.xxxii 1030.Heavy book additional postage will apply.volume IV of The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918Has the usual ex library marks

Genres: History

1030 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_...

Official historian of Australia's involvement in World War I.

C.E.W. Bean (Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean)wrote the first 6 volumes of the Official History.

The official history has been digitised and is available:
http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/first...

Reviews

[Patrick Flynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite decades of reading military history - and Australian military history in particular - this is the first time I've read any of this monumental work.
Bean writes beautifully of conditions unimaginable; where horror, squalor and ghastly death are matched with heroism and humour.
It speaks to me as an Australian whose Grandfather was a "Nine-Mile Sniper" in France in 1918, where he was gassed. Two memories I have of him are his copy of Bean's history, and the jar he kept beside his bed to use when he literally coughed up his lungs.
Hard to believe these battles were nearly a century ago...

[Mick Maye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Official history of the AIF in World War 1. Written by Bean who has gone above and beyond the level to be expected. Classic.