Western Front 1916-1917: The Price Of Honour
Condition: SECONDHAND
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The years 1916 and 1917 on the Western Front represent the bloodiest chapters of the First World War — a crucible of industrial slaughter where the ideals of honour and duty collided with the brutal realities of trench warfare, artillery barrages, and mass attrition. John Laffin's Western Front 1916–1917: The Price of Honour chronicles this defining period with unflinching precision, drawing on first-hand accounts, strategic analyses, and vivid historical detail to reconstruct the campaigns of the Somme, Verdun, Passchendaele, and beyond. Laffin, one of Australia's most prolific military historians, writes with the authority of a scholar who spent decades immersed in the records of the men who fought and died in Flanders mud, presenting their stories with both rigorous accuracy and profound human empathy. The narrative transcends mere battlefield history, interrogating the moral and political forces that sustained an unimaginable conflict year after devastating year. For those who wish to understand not just the tactics but the terrible human cost of the Great War's middle years, this volume stands as an essential and deeply moving account.
Author: John Laffin
Format: Hardback
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good.
The years 1916 and 1917 on the Western Front represent the bloodiest chapters of the First World War — a crucible of industrial slaughter where the ideals of honour and duty collided with the brutal realities of trench warfare, artillery barrages, and mass attrition. John Laffin's Western Front 1916–1917: The Price of Honour chronicles this defining period with unflinching precision, drawing on first-hand accounts, strategic analyses, and vivid historical detail to reconstruct the campaigns of the Somme, Verdun, Passchendaele, and beyond. Laffin, one of Australia's most prolific military historians, writes with the authority of a scholar who spent decades immersed in the records of the men who fought and died in Flanders mud, presenting their stories with both rigorous accuracy and profound human empathy. The narrative transcends mere battlefield history, interrogating the moral and political forces that sustained an unimaginable conflict year after devastating year. For those who wish to understand not just the tactics but the terrible human cost of the Great War's middle years, this volume stands as an essential and deeply moving account.