The Battles Of The Somme
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
In the blood-soaked fields of northern France, one of the most catastrophic and consequential offensives in human history unfolded — and Philip Gibbs was there to witness every devastating moment. The Battles of the Somme is a gripping firsthand account of the 1916 campaign that claimed over one million casualties, written by one of the most celebrated British war correspondents of the First World War. Gibbs chronicles the brutal realities of trench warfare, the extraordinary courage of ordinary soldiers, and the catastrophic failures of military command with unflinching clarity and moral conviction. Accompanied by maps that chart the grinding advance of Allied forces, the work presents the Somme not merely as a military operation, but as a human tragedy of almost incomprehensible scale. Gibbs, knighted for his wartime reporting, writes with a rare combination of journalistic precision and literary grace, his prose alive with the sounds, smells, and sorrows of the Western Front. Where official dispatches sanitised the horror, Gibbs argued for truth — a stance that made his reporting both radical and profoundly important to the historical record. His style is urgent and visceral, pulling the reader into the mud and chaos alongside the men who fought and died there. The Battles of the Somme stands as an indispensable primary source and a deeply human testament to one of history's darkest chapters — one that raises unsettling questions about sacrifice, leadership, and the true cost of war that still resonate today.
Author: Philip Gibbs
Format: Hardback
Published: 1917, William Heinemann
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
In the blood-soaked fields of northern France, one of the most catastrophic and consequential offensives in human history unfolded — and Philip Gibbs was there to witness every devastating moment. The Battles of the Somme is a gripping firsthand account of the 1916 campaign that claimed over one million casualties, written by one of the most celebrated British war correspondents of the First World War. Gibbs chronicles the brutal realities of trench warfare, the extraordinary courage of ordinary soldiers, and the catastrophic failures of military command with unflinching clarity and moral conviction. Accompanied by maps that chart the grinding advance of Allied forces, the work presents the Somme not merely as a military operation, but as a human tragedy of almost incomprehensible scale. Gibbs, knighted for his wartime reporting, writes with a rare combination of journalistic precision and literary grace, his prose alive with the sounds, smells, and sorrows of the Western Front. Where official dispatches sanitised the horror, Gibbs argued for truth — a stance that made his reporting both radical and profoundly important to the historical record. His style is urgent and visceral, pulling the reader into the mud and chaos alongside the men who fought and died there. The Battles of the Somme stands as an indispensable primary source and a deeply human testament to one of history's darkest chapters — one that raises unsettling questions about sacrifice, leadership, and the true cost of war that still resonate today.