fiction The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker (this is very well researched, but don't read it when you're feeling depressed.)
non-fiction World War 1 - A History in 100 Stories by Scates, Wheatley & James
The Western Front Diaries by King
This first book is okay, but it's very hard to find books where they haven't picked over the letters and diaries to find the bravest and most heroic extracts. the second book by King is mostly about the Australians who got the VC. But they're still good to read as long as you realise they'll try to be positive & uplifting about the people at war. They won't publish anything that makes Australians look bad.
The National Archives have original diaries, letters, military papers.
This is just WW1. There's so much information out there, it's such a slog to work through it all though. A lot of the books are romanticised or biased, which is why I prefer the letters and diaries. But, it's really interesting & so different from what we're told. It makes me very sad for everyone over the last 100 years of war and makes me wonder what lies we're being told today. In another 100 years will people look back at us and wonder how we could be so oblivious to reality?
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Date: 2015-11-12 02:01 am (UTC)The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker
(this is very well researched, but don't read it when you're feeling depressed.)
non-fiction
World War 1 - A History in 100 Stories by Scates, Wheatley & James
The Western Front Diaries by King
This first book is okay, but it's very hard to find books where they haven't picked over the letters and diaries to find the bravest and most heroic extracts. the second book by King is mostly about the Australians who got the VC. But they're still good to read as long as you realise they'll try to be positive & uplifting about the people at war. They won't publish anything that makes Australians look bad.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/
War Diaries & Intelligence summaries
http://ww1.sl.nsw.gov.au/diaries
More diaries.
The National Archives have original diaries, letters, military papers.
This is just WW1. There's so much information out there, it's such a slog to work through it all though. A lot of the books are romanticised or biased, which is why I prefer the letters and diaries. But, it's really interesting & so different from what we're told. It makes me very sad for everyone over the last 100 years of war and makes me wonder what lies we're being told today. In another 100 years will people look back at us and wonder how we could be so oblivious to reality?