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Love Tommy : letters home, from the Great War to the present day / Andrew Roberts.
- Title
- Love Tommy : letters home, from the Great War to the present day / Andrew Roberts.
- Author
- Roberts, Andrew
- Publication
- Oxford ; Long Island City, New York : Osprey, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DA65 .R58 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
- Description
- 255 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- A collection of letters housed at the Imperial War Museum sent by British and Commonwealth troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa from the frontline of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love, hope and fear sit alongside amusing anecdotes, grumbles about rations and thoughtful reflections, eloquently revealing how despite the passage of time many experiences of the fighting man are shared in countless wars and battles.
- Subjects
- Sources
- Personal correspondence
- Military history
- History
- Great Britain > Armed Forces > Military life > History > Sources
- Commonwealth countries > History, Military > Sources
- Great Britain > History, Military > 21st century > Sources
- Great Britain > History, Military > 20th century > Sources
- 1900-2099
- War > History > 20th century
- Soldiers > Commonwealth countries > Correspondence
- Soldiers > Great Britain > Correspondence
- Genre/Form
- History
- Military history
- Personal correspondence
- Sources
- Note
- Published in association with the Imperial War Museum.
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- The first World War -- The second World War -- Modern warfare.
- ISBN
- 9781849087919 (hbk.)
- 1849087911 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 795182370
- SCSB-12128848
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library