"The first comprehensive history of Canadians in WWI in forty years, and already hailed as the definitive work on Canadians in the Great War, At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of 1914-16. Tens of thousands, and then hundreds of thousands, died before the generals and soldiers found a way to break the terrible stalemate of the front. Based on eyewitness accounts detailed in the letters of ordinary soldiers, Cook describes the horrible struggle--first to survive in battle--and then to drive the Germans back. At the Sharp End provides both an intimate look at the Canadian men in the trenches and an authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and advancement.
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ISBN:0670067342 (bd.) :
ISBN:9780670067343 (bd.) :
Physical Description:viii, 599 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. print
Publisher:Toronto : Viking Group, 2007.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-576) and index.
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