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[Hart's] account of the First World War is eminently readable and, for the historical novice, a perfect introduction to the conflict. The prolific author of military histories presents a well-balanced work that marries tactical histories of the war with an exploration of war experience that has been central to the cultural military historian's task since the 1970s. Tactical and cultural military histories do not always come together so neatly-if they come together at all-and Hart, to his credit, carries it off admirably. The book, moreover, is methodologically sound <em>Voices from the Front</em> also provides researchers with a tantalizing survey of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive's holdings. It seems there is something for everyone. Scholars of memory should be particularly intrigued but those who work on gender, technology, and environment will also have their interest piqued. --<em>H-Net</em>

[Hart's] account of the First World War is eminently readable and, for the historical novice, a perfect introduction to the conflict. The prolific author of military histories presents a well-balanced work that marries tactical histories of the war with an exploration of war experience that has been central to the cultural military historian's task since the 1970s. Tactical and cultural military histories do not always come together so neatly-if they come together at all-and Hart, to his credit, carries it off admirably. The book, moreover, is methodologically sound Voices from the Front also provides researchers with a tantalizing survey of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive's holdings. It seems there is something for everyone. Scholars of memory should be particularly intrigued but those who work on gender, technology, and environment will also have their interest piqued. --H-Net

Peter Hart seems to have writtenVoices from the Front out of a sense of obligation to the veterans who shared their stories with him. If so, he has paid off that debt with interest. --James R. Smither, Grand Valley State University, Michigan War Studies Review [Hart's] account of the First World War is eminently readable and, for the historical novice, a perfect introduction to the conflict. The prolific author of military histories presents a well-balanced work that marries tactical histories of the war with an exploration of war experience that has been central to the cultural military historian's task since the 1970s. Tactical and cultural military histories do not always come together so neatly--if they come together at all--and Hart, to his credit, carries it off admirably. The book, moreover, is methodologically sound Voices from the Front also provides researchers with a tantalizing survey of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive's holdings. It seems there is something for everyone. Scholars of memory should be particularly intrigued but those who work on gender, technology, and environment will also have their interest piqued.--H-Net

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Peter Hart is Oral Historian of the Imperial War Museum in London and the author of Gallipoli, The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War, and Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914.

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