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- ISBN 9781846033322
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 186 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 10 Feb 2009
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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During World War One the French Army was in a state of disarray, plagued by indiscipline, mutinies and desertion.
The ordinary French citizens that were called upon to defend their motherland – the Poilu – were disrespected and demoralized, and the infamous mutinies of 1917 by the Poilu were not protests against the war itself, but against how the war was conducted. Ian Sumner expertly charts the history of the Poilu, from the conscription of hundreds of thousands of men, through their training, to the horrors of the trenches and the fear of no man's land.
Accompanied by new artwork and diagrams, this book provides a fascinating insight into the experiences of the ordinary Frenchman plunged into war.
Ian Sumner was born in 1953 in Eccles, near Manchester, UK. He has written numerous titles on the French soldier in World War for Osprey, and also several books on the history of the East Riding of Yorkshire, where he now lives with his wife.
Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe Rava has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.
