A rich and sobering exploration of war -- and of the meaning of history -- that will engage general readers and military buffs alike. The Western Front, the sinuous, deadly line of trenches that stretched from the English Channel to Switzerland during the First World War, also formed a scar on the imaginative landscape of our century. Back to the Front chronicles author, Stephen O'Shea's, 500-kilometre walk down what was once no man's land. In the process of making this singular trek through the old battlefields, O'Shea ruminates on the many meanings of the Front and on the nature of his own generation's - the Baby Boomer's - indifference to the past.
- ISBN10 0802776183
- ISBN13 9780802776181
- Publish Date 1 September 2001 (first published 1 May 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bloomsbury USA
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 216
- Language English