TRENCH TALK / TRENCH LIFE: A Beginner's Guide to World War One

Unravels the Allied soldier groups in terms of their trench environment, both how they lived and how they talked: the French army soldier, or poilu; the British army soldier, or Tommy; and the American army soldier, the doughboy. A work for historians and language aficionados alike, leading to a better understanding of the first world conflict. Well illus.