Philip Gibbs eBooks

Now It Can Be Told. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Philip Gibbs   -  World War Classics, 2018  - 

Written by a British war correspondent who was present in and around the front lines of the western front for the entirety of WWI, the title refers to the fact that his writings here are published without the censorship that was in place during the war.   An absolutely outstanding account of the realities of war in general, WWI trench warfare in particular, with appropriate commendation of the suffering, sacrifices, and heroism, without glorification of fighting. It is clearly an anti-war treatise, but without denigrating the service and sacrifice of those whose lives were changed forever by their experiences in France and Belgium.   Now It Can Be Told is thought by many not only as one of the best WWI books, but as one of the best war/history books on record.

The Soul of the War. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Philip Gibbs   -  World War Classics, 2018  - 

Gibbs reviews the true horror of man, the true horror of war. In this book he spends much time revealing the sacrifices, heartaches and unimaginable horrors that the French and the Belgians had to endure during the Great War. He speaks of his time volunteering as a stretcher-bearer for an ambulance service and risks and dangers that he undertook to try and save as many young men as possible. His tales of the hospital wards and the wounded young men he saw is a perfect summary for why war should never be the answer.