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Introduction : soldiers' culture -- Survival culture -- Death culture -- Voicing culture: slang and swearing -- The War's soundtrack -- Trench stories -- "Somewhere in France" -- Trench newspapers -- Drawn and quartered -- Material culture -- Soldiers' culture behind the firing line -- Shock troupes -- Entrenched culture.;"There have been thousands of books on the Great War, but most have focused on commanders, battles, strategy, and tactics. Less attention has been paid to the daily lives of the combatants, how they endured the unimaginable conditions of industrial warfare: the rain of shells, bullets, and chemical agents. In The Secret History of Soldiers, Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian, examines how those who survived trench warfare on the Western Front found entertainment, solace, relief, and distraction from the relentless slaughter. These tales come from the soldiers themselves, mined from the letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral accounts of more than five hundred combatants. Rare examples of trench art, postcards, and even song sheets offer insight into a hidden society that was often irreverent, raunchy, and anti-authoritarian. Believing in supernatural stori

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Author

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces;Canada. Canadian Army;Cook, Tim

Publisher

Penguin Canada;Allen Lane

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780735235267

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Canadian History, Humanities