Tommy Goes to War
- ISBN-10
- 075241772X
- ISBN-13
- 9780752417721
- Category
- History / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Tempus
- Author
- Malcolm Brown
Description
This work conveys the spirit of the British Tommy, weaving a concise analysis of the British Army in the First World War with first-hand accounts taken from uncensored letters and diaries.'
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