A British soldier walked over to the German front line to deliver newspapers; British women married to Germans became 'enemy aliens' in their own country; a high-ranking British POW discussed his own troops' heroism with the Kaiser on the battlefield. Just three amazing stories of contact between the opposing sides in the Great War that eminent historian Richard van Emden has unearthed - incidents that show brutality, great humanity, and above all the bizarre nature of a conflict between two nations with long-standing ties of kinship and friendship. Meeting the Enemy reveals for the first time how contact was maintained on many levels throughout the War, and its stories, sometimes funny, often moving, give us a new perspective on the lives of ordinary men and women caught up in extraordinary events.
- ISBN10 1408821648
- ISBN13 9781408821640
- Publish Date 15 August 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 March 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English