Description: A groundbreaking, richly-illustrated study of how a sense of place was created on the battlefields of the Western Front by soldiers, veterans, and tourists during the First World War and in the interwar period, Postcards from the Western Front is compelling reading for the wide array of people interested in the history of war, and its aftereffects.
Brief description: Mark Connelly is professor of modern British history at the University of Kent.
Review Quotes: 'This highly engaging and timely study gives historical precedents to understand contemporary examples of remembrance and mourning. There is no other work that examines the travel literature and ephemera of the Western Front in the way that Connelly does here.' Ross Wilson, University of Nottingham and author of Cultural Heritage of the Great War in Britain