The Platoon: An Infantryman on the Western Front 1916-18

by Joseph Steward, Steve Roberts, Andrew Robertshaw

John Joseph Steward fought in the Great War, from the Battle of the Somme to the final offensives of 1918, and he was an acute, unflinching observer of the conflict he took part in - of life and death on the Western Front. He was a writer, too. He recorded his experiences in accurate detail and later in life he wrote a graphic fictionalized account of his wartime career - the story of his war, his comrades and his platoon. His narrative is published...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848843615
• ISBN13: 9781848843615
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.