The War the Infantry Knew

By J.C. Dunn

Book Overview

Sometimes, through word of mouth and shared enthusiasm, a secret book becomes famous. The War the Infantry Knew is one of them. Published privately in a limited edition of five hundred copies in 1938, it gained a reputation as an outstanding account of an infantry battalion's experience on the Western Front' Daily Telegraph

' I have been waiting for a long time for someone to republish this classic. It is one of the most interesting and revealing books of its type and is a genuinely truthful and fascinating picture of the war as it was for the infantry' John Keegan

'A remarkably coherent narrative of the battalion's experiences in diary form . . . a moving historical record which deserves to be added to the select list of outstanding accounts of the First World War' Times Literary Supplement

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0349106355
• ISBN13: 9780349106359
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Abacus (UK)
• Length: 613 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Best Book about WWI trench life

I first read this book in 1991 and passed it amongst so many friends it got lost, so had to re-purchase it. Finely edited compilation that tells the story of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in WWI. BEST description of trench life and warfare I have ever read. Also details the dreariness of garrison duty, unit rotations, etc. If you are a student of WWI, you will most likely find this book is extensively used as reference source and quoted often in so many other WWI books