Mud, Blood and Bullets

Mud, Blood and Bullets
Author: Edward Rowbotham
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2010-12-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0752462563

It is 1915 and the Great War has been raging for a year, when Edward Rowbotham, a coal miner from the Midlands, volunteers for Kitchener's Army. Drafted into the newly-formed Machine Gun Corps, he is sent to fight in places whose names will forever be associated with mud and blood and sacrifice: Ypres, the Somme, and Passchendaele. He is one of the 'lucky' ones, winning the Military Medal for bravery and surviving more than two-and-a-half years of the terrible slaughter that left nearly a million British soldiers dead by 1918 and wiped out all but six of his original company. He wrote these memoirs fifty years later, but found his memories of life in the trenches had not diminished at all. The sights and sounds of battle, the excitement, the terror, the extraordinary comradeship, are all vividly described as if they had happened to him only yesterday. Likely to be one of the last first-hand accounts to come to light, Mud, Blood and Bullets offers a rare perspective of the First World War from an ordinary soldier's viewpoint.

Mud, Blood and Poppycock

Mud, Blood and Poppycock
Author: Gordon Corrigan
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2012-12-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1780225547

The true story of how Britain won the First World War. The popular view of the First World War remains that of BLACKADDER: incompetent generals sending brave soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up. Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to be myths woven in the 1960s by young historians on the make. Gordon Corrigan's brilliant, witty history reveals how out of touch we have become with the soldiers of 1914-18. They simply would not recognize the way their generation is depicted on TV or in Pat Barker's novels. Laced with dry humour, this will overturn everything you thought you knew about Britain and the First World War. Gordon Corrigan reveals how the British embraced technology, and developed the weapons and tactics to break through the enemy trenches.

The Rat Bastards Book 3: River of Blood

The Rat Bastards Book 3: River of Blood
Author: Len Levinson
Publisher: PREMIER DIGITAL PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2011-11-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1937624722

If war is hell, these guys would hate heaven! When you want to win a battle, you get real men. When you want to win a war, you get The Rat Bastards. When they’re not fighting among themselves, they’re tearing raw, living chunks out of the enemy. Nothing – not death lurking in the jungle, not the wrath of a raging river – can stop the killer squad they call… The Rat Bastards.

Breached

Breached
Author: Russell J.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2024-01-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

An American family's 134,000-word two-part, action-filled fiction story from the Vietnam era. Based on Ronald's tour guarding nuclear weapons in Europe and twin Rusty's actual combat narrative with the Marines in Vietnam. How the family, with an unflappable faith in their countries, duty to fight the spread of Communism, survived the war's turmoil that lambasted families, and the country's persona for years. Vietnam, the rabbit hole about some went in, some came out, and some are still there. Some memories won't leave you in peace. They haunt Rusty and Rory and go round and round in their memories until they write it. This thriller/adventure story is a bridge between fact and fiction set in the Vietnam era by a witness to the witnesses of the quagmire based on true life events. The twins and their childhood friends march off to the drumbeat of never having lost a war. They do their duty and struggle to make it home intact. Rory's fight is about a psychological/internal struggle of perseverance to battle a psychotic sergeant. Rusty's fight is about physical and emotional endurance in the face of constant death. Will Rusty survive his sister's prophecy and the family curse of twin Uncle Rusty being killed in World War II? Who survives, and who is smashed by war's merciless fist? The survivors drifted into psychodelamania for years. The lessons they learned and the map they used are relevant to the turmoil of today's world. This story unfolds unlike the traditional story. It unfolds more in a transitional, episodic, chapter-by-chapter of each brother's path. Good stories are exciting to read or watch, like a cobra fighting a mongoose. Folks fascinated. Gotta see what comes next. This is one of those war stories.

The Winter Soldiers

The Winter Soldiers
Author: Andrew Miller
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2004-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1413429971

In the fall of 1864, the leaders of the dying Confederacy decide to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln from the streets of Washington, and hold him for a king's ransom. They assign the plot to Philip Bartlett, their best agent. Bartlett hates the mission, but he will follow orders. Meanwhile, Captain Peter Murphy, a young Union officer damaged by two years of warfare, is sent to Washington for a few months of rest. Bartlett and Murphy come from different worlds, but in wartime Washington their paths will cross and history will be changed. Cover illustration: Tom Mullin

Punch

Punch
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1928
Genre: English wit and humor
ISBN:

The Flowers of War (Movie Tie-in Edition)

The Flowers of War (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Author: Geling Yan
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2012-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590515579

A moving, passionate historical fiction drama based on true events of the Nanking Massacre of 1937—now a major motion picture starring Christian Bale “[A] riveting tale that touches us at the center of our being.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club It is December 1937, and the Japanese Imperial Army has just entered Nanking. Unable to reach the Safety Zone in Pokou, a group of schoolgirls are hiding out in the compound of the St. Mary Magdalene mission. They are looked after by Father Engelmann, an American priest who has made China his home for many years. The church is supposed to be neutral ground in the war between China and Japan, but eyewitness reports from the outside make it clear the Japanese are not obeying the international rules of engagement. As the soldiers pour through the streets of Nanking, committing unspeakable atrocities on civilians, thirteen Chinese courtesans from a nearby brothel climb over the church compound's walls seeking refuge. Their presence further jeopardizes the children’s safety and what happens next will change all their lives. A haunting, passionate story inspired by true life events during the Nanking Massacre, this novel shows how war challenges our prejudices and that love can flourish amidst death and destruction. The Flowers of War is an unforgettable journey through the depths of the human heart.

Somme Mud

Somme Mud
Author: Edward P. F. Lynch
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2010
Genre: Soldiers
ISBN: 1442977329