Synopses & Reviews
In Soldiers: Fighting Mens Lives, 1901-2001, Philip Ziegler chronicles the lives of nine enlisted men. Ziegler paints detailed portraits of these extraordinary yet ordinary men, who now reside in the Royal Hospital Chelsea a three-hundred-year-old institution still serving its original purpose of caring for military veterans. With first-hand accounts of their service from Paschendale to Anzio, the Malayan emergency to the Mau Mau uprising, Soldiers looks beyond the battlefield into the family history, daily routines, and values of veteran servicemen. To read this book is to understand what soldiers are all about, what they fight for, and what role they play in the world today.
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"Given the battles now being waged...Soldiers could not have come at a better time." The Wall Street Journal
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"Soldiers is thorough, lucid, and perceptive." The Washington Post Book World
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"In Soldiers: Fighting Mens Lives: 1901-2001...the view is new and interesting." The New York Times Book Review
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"For American audiences, the title will be misleading: British Fighting Men's Lives would be more to the point. This book may not have a ready-made audience, but Ziegler's care in presentation should win it dedicated admirers on this side of the pond." Publishers Weekly
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Painting detailed portraits of nine enlisted men who now reside in the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Ziegler looks beyond the battlefield into the family history, daily routines, and values of veteran servicemen.