Montague, a Manchester Guardian writer who enlisted in middle age, traces how the vision of 1914 soured into weariness and distrust. His chapters move from Agincourt and Ypres to tedium in the line, staff failures, the sheep that were not fed, politicians and a press that taught soldiers they could not believe a word.
One of the essential books on British disillusion after 1918, written with irony and controlled anger. Download the free EPUB.