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At the Sharp End, Volume One: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914-1916 |
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| Format | Hardcover | |
| Catalogue No. | 978-0-670-06734-3 | |
| Pages | 600 | |
| Language | English only | |
| Price | $40.00 | |
Written by Tim Cook. Published by Viking Canada, 2007. Description: |
| At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of
World War One, when tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands, died, before
the generals and soldiers found ways to break the terrible stalemate of the
front. It is both an intimate look at the Canadian men in the trenches and an
authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and
advancement. Volume One focuses on the harrowing early battles of Second Ypres,
St. Eloi, Mount Sorrel, and the Somme, particularly the struggles of the
infantry at the sharp end: those men in the trenches who faced the enemy and
bore the heaviest brunt of the fighting. Featuring never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps, this recounting of the Great War through the soldiers’ eyewitness accounts is moving and thoroughly engrossing. At the Sharp End is a landmark work of military scholarship and gripping narrative. Tim Cook is the Great War historian at the Canadian War Museum, as well as an adjunct research professor at Carleton University. Volume Two, expected to be released in 2008, will chronicle the battle of Vimy Ridge and the last two years of the Great War. |
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