Forgotten voices max arthur malcolm mckay oberon books. Forgotten voices of the second world war is a book written by max arthur that consists of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during world war ii. A new history in the words of the men and women who survived by lyn smith following the success of forgotten voices of the great war, lyn smith visits the oral accounts preserved in the imperial war museum sound archive, to reveal the sheer complexity and horror of one of human historys darkest hours. In 1960, the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task. Adapted from forgotten voices of the great war by max arthur. Forgotten voices of the great war by max arthur books on. In 1972, a team of academics and archivists from the imperial war museum set about the momentous task of tracing ordinary men and women who lived through one of the most harrowing periods in modern history. He was the primary researcher for forgotten voices of the great war and forgotten voices of the second world war. Ebury press he bought a cheap cassette player at the nearest woolworths. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of world war i. I would strongly recommend it and if you like these forgotten voices books then you would also like all quiet on the home front. Read forgotten voices of the second world war a new history of the second world war in the words of the men and women who were there by max arthur available from rakuten kobo.
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Max arthur is an author who specialises in firsthand recollections of historical events. It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later, remains seared into the national consciousness, conjuring up images of muddy trenches and young lives tragically wasted. I had the first world war book and hadnt had it a week before ordering this one. Object details category books related period first world war content creator arthur, max author. In the earlier years of his life, arthur was an actor appearing in a number of minor roles on television.
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The original edition of this landmark book brought history to life in a way that had never been done before through the words of ordinary men and women. A new play based on oral testimonies of the first world war collected by the sound archive of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Author max arthur puts the interviews into chronological and campaign order, and provides some context about the events that surround the memories. It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later, remains seared into historical consciousness, conjuring up images of muddy trenches and young lives tragically wasted. A similarly told book of mainland britain during the first world war. Forgotten voices of the great war forgotten voicesthe.
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In order to assemble all the narratives for forgotten voices of world war ii, editor max arthur and his team of researchers were given unlimited access to the complete collection of world war ii audiotapes accumulated by the british imperial war museum. Forgotten voices of the great war military wiki fandom. Forgotten voices of the great war is a touching, searing, and above all mesmerizing account of world war i, told in the voices of those who endured the tedium, heat, cold, pain, loss, and fear of the world s most brutal trench warfare to date. The interviews were drawn from the imperial war museums sound archive.
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Forgotten voices of the somme now has pride of place my small library of books relating to the first world war, and i would unhesitatingly recommend it to anybody. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing wwi veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of. Aug 31, 2012 now, forty years on, the imperial war museum has at last given author max arthur and his team of researchers unlimited access to the complete wwi tapes. An inside history of special operations in the second world war by bailey, roderick and a great selection of related books, art. Forgotten voices of the second world war paperback may 1, 2005. Nov 05, 2002 max arthur is an author who specialises in first hand recollections of historical events. He has worked closely with the imperial war museum to bring together two books in the forgotten voices series, forgotten voices of the great war and forgotten voices of the second world war. Forgotten voices of the great war is a touching, searing, and above all mesmerizing account of world war i, told in the voices of those who endured the tedium, heat, cold, pain, loss, and fear of the worlds most brutal trench warfare to date. The imperial war museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of. Forgotten voices of the second world war wikipedia. Nov 06, 2017 war horse is one of the best first world war books, relevant for all ages. His books of which the best known are forgotten voices of the great war 2002 and forgotten voices of the second world war 2004 are. Based on the oral testimonies of first world war veterans, collected by the sound archive of the imperial war museum, forgotten voices tells the story of five survivors four men and one woman whose memories provide a vivid and moving first hand account of the great war. Max arthur obe 25 february 1939 2 may 2019 was a military historian, author and actor who specialised in firsthand recollections of the twentieth century.
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