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E.S. Turner, 1 October 1987
The war the Infantry knew 1914-1919: A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium
by Captain J.C. Dunn, introduced by Keith Simpson.
Jane’s, 613 pp., £18, April 1987,0 7106 0485 8 Show More
by Captain J.C. Dunn, introduced by Keith Simpson.
Jane’s, 613 pp., £18, April 1987,
Passchendaele: The Story behind the Tragic Victory of 1917
by Philip Warner.
Sidgwick, 269 pp., £13.95, June 1987,0 283 99364 2 Show More
by Philip Warner.
Sidgwick, 269 pp., £13.95, June 1987,
Poor Bloody Infantry: A Subaltern on the Western Front 1916-17
by Bernard Martin.
Murray, 174 pp., £11.95, April 1987,0 7195 4374 6 Show More
by Bernard Martin.
Murray, 174 pp., £11.95, April 1987,
“... last-minute surgery on the book. Another who objected to its ‘hyperbole’ and inaccuracies was Captain J.C. Dunn, the veteran and outstandingly fearless medical officer (a former combatant in South Africa) who had been attached to the Battalion. As a corrective to Graves, and perhaps as some sort of answer to war poets ... ”
