About the Author

Peter Liddle is an historian of the First and Second World Wars who has concentrated on the personal experience of the men and women who took part in these conflicts. He founded the Liddle Collection, a repository of documents and memorabilia connected to the First World War which is housed at the University of Leeds. His many books include Britain's Great War Experience: Life at Home and Abroad 1914-18, The Great War 1914-1945: Lightning Strikes Twice, Captured Memories 1900- 1918, Captured Memories 1930-1945 , The Soldier's War 1914-1918 and The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered.