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Parfitt, George. FICTION OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A STUDY.
Faber and Faber, London, 1988.
158 pp, 7 3/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0571148964 "Out of the terrible years of the Great War came a good deal of fiction, much of it of importance. Not all was written by combatants. This fascinating study shows how established novelists tried to c ome to terms with events for which their previous fiction was no help. As for soldier novelists, it was some time before they could begin to make fiction out of the traumatic years. When they did, they produced a body of work that substanti a l l y a d ds to our understanding of what the war meant to those who fought in it, and of the society from which they came and with which they could never again feel at peace." Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight w it h no p r ev io us ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, light browning to edges of textblock. Very Good+
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Walker, Adrian. (Neil Ascherson, Pat Baker, Bill Billings, George Brown, Gordon Butt, Leo Campbell, Roger Davies, Ian Edwards, Rex Flowers, Robert Gretton, Ron Harper, David Hartley, Ron Hawkes, Brian Hughes, Tom King, Owen Parfitt, Alun Pask, et a SIX CAMPAIGNS: NATIONAL SERVICEMEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE 1948-1960.
Leo Cooper, London, (1993), first edition.
169 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Maps. ISBN 0850523206 "Between the years 1948 and 1960, British armed forces were involved in six campaigns overseas, in Malaya, Korea, Cyprus, Suez and South Arabia. In order to provide the manpower for these operations, fixed-term universal male peacetime conscription was instituted for the only time in this country's history. Of the million and a half men called up on reaching the age of eighteen, about a hundred and twenty-five thousand, or one in twelve, served in an active theatre of operations, for which a campaign medal was awarded...This book consists of the reminiscences of twenty-three of these men, who each served in one, or in some cases two, of the six ca m p a i g n s . They recall, often with some emotion, their service in far-off places, against largely invisible enemies, in pursuit of aims which remain obscure to this day. They remember the brutality, the hardship, the excitement and the humour o f an e xp er ie nce which for all of them appears to have been an important, if sometimes painful, part of the process of growing up. They also record, in many cases, the indifference, both personal and official, with which they were treated on th ei r r etu rn hom e, and this book represents an attempt, however small and belated, to set straight the record regarding the achievements of these 'virgin soldiers'." Very light browning to top of textblock, small ghost sticker mark on front p aste dow n. Dust ja cket ha s very minor edge wrinkling, very light rubbing - mainly on rear panel. VG+/VG+
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