Recollections of an Airman

Recollections of an AirmanDescription by Louis Arbon Strange Hardcover Here is an authentic memoir of a remarkably wide range of Western Front experiences, from the very beginning of the Great War until the end. Strange was 23 years old when he learned to fly, and was at the Central Flying School when war broke out. He hurriedly packed his kit and reported to Royal Flying Corps headquarters, to join No. 5 Squadron. He was on active duty throughout the whole of the war, seeing

in collective memory and political culture

But the heated temper of war quickly unleashed coercion on an unprecedented scale

These conflicts are largely unknown

Infantry Division in World War I were outnumbered and inexperienced young men facing hardened veterans

Critical to understanding the war’s significance is the often-overlooked emergence of a “modern” dynamic grassroots peace movement that both opposed war and sought to abolish its social causes

After a massive assault

they discover a German officer lying dead at the keys

and concludes with the emergent threat of chemical terrorism

Air Service

who shared with him at the last possible moment their stories of America’s Great War

In The Long Shadow critically acclaimed historian David Reynolds seeks to broaden our vision by assessing the impact of the Great War across the twentieth century

The second installment in the Regeneration Trilogy