Gallipoli to the Somme The story of C.E.W. Bean
Sydney: John Ferguson, 1983. Small quarto, hardcover, 400 pp., colour frontispiece, numerous plates throughout. Fine copy with dust-jacket. The standard bibliography of First War historian Charles Bean. His work is 'unique among national war histories in that the author was actually present at almost all the battles he describes, gathering information first hand and at great personal risk, and supplementing his own observations by interviewing everyone he could, from commanders-in-chief down through generals and their company commanders and junior officers to the men in the trenches.'. Item #3171
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