For four years the French, British and German armies fought in mud and squalor. "Eye-deep in Hell" is concerned with the millions of men who lived and died in the desolate strip that was the western front, the wilderness - of trenches, dugouts, shattered villages and forests of lifeless tree stumps - that was a physical and spiritual desert. The book shows how even in previously inconceivable conditions men were able to formulate routines, rules and codes of conduct that could create some kind of order in the midst of chaos ...
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For four years the French, British and German armies fought in mud and squalor. "Eye-deep in Hell" is concerned with the millions of men who lived and died in the desolate strip that was the western front, the wilderness - of trenches, dugouts, shattered villages and forests of lifeless tree stumps - that was a physical and spiritual desert. The book shows how even in previously inconceivable conditions men were able to formulate routines, rules and codes of conduct that could create some kind of order in the midst of chaos itself.
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Very Good. 4to. 214 pages, illustrated with more than 130 paintings, drawings and photographs, index. Paperback. This is a study of the Western Front and the millions of men who fought along this desolate strip of land. The author describes how trenches were designed and dug, the tactics of trench warfare, the day-to-day routines such as kit inspection and siting latrines, and even how the troops managed to entertain themselves.
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Good in Good jacket. GC. Purnell book by arrangement with Helm, 1976. Book Club Edition. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, light shelf wear on the edges of the cover, small nick on the front cover)with Dj(some creases, nicks and scratches on the Dj cover), both in GC. Illustrated with over 130 paintings, drawings, maps and b/w photos. Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges, two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book, light shelf wear inside the Dj cover.215pp including index. This is another paragraph Product Description: For four years the French, British and German armies fought in mud and squalor. Eye-deep in Hell is concerned with the millions of men who lived and died in the desolate strip that was the western front, the wilderness-of trenches, dugouts, shattered villages and forests of lifeless tree stumps-that was a physical and spiritual desert. The book shows how even in previously inconceivable conditions men were able to formulate routines, rules and codes of conduct that could create some kind of order in the midst of chaos itself.
