Eye-Deep in Hell; Trench Warfare in World War I

The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. suggestions for further reading, index and picture credits. The text is illustrated with copious contemporary black-and-white photographs and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Photographic card cover with silver, white and black coloured titles to the front panel and white and red coloured titles to the backstrip. "Millions of men lived in the trenches during World War I. More than six million died there. In Eye-Deep in Hell, the author of the widely acclaimed Social History of the Machine Gun explores this unique and terrifying world – the rituals of battle, the habits of daily life, and a constant struggle of men to find meaning amid excruciating boredom and the spectre of impending death." -- from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. The front panel has started to curl and there are few foxing spots to the front fore text edge. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [8], 3-215, [3] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 0801839475. ISBN/EAN: 9780801839474. Inventory No: 0118196. . 9780801839474