The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Press and the War
The War Dispatches
by Philip Gibbs
ISBN
Purchase Price
£6.95 (second hand)
Date Purchased
November 21, 2018
Publisher
Anthony Gibbs and Phillips Limited/Times Press Ltd (1964, Isle of Man & London)
Notes
This book contains the dispatches sent by Philip Gibbs, one of five accredited war correspondents, from the Western Front during the war. The book was published by his son, Anthony Gibbs. Given that Gibbs was "embedded" - to use a modern term - these dispatches are about as accurate a picture that could have been expected. But were they written under the hand of implied (at least) censorship, or even a desire to present a more palatable picture for home consumption. We suppose that will never be known, but for all that, the book is an interesting and valuable contribution to our knowledge of what the Western Front was really like.
Purchase Price
£6.95 (second hand)
Date Purchased
November 21, 2018
Publisher
Anthony Gibbs and Phillips Limited/Times Press Ltd (1964, Isle of Man & London)
Notes
This book contains the dispatches sent by Philip Gibbs, one of five accredited war correspondents, from the Western Front during the war. The book was published by his son, Anthony Gibbs. Given that Gibbs was "embedded" - to use a modern term - these dispatches are about as accurate a picture that could have been expected. But were they written under the hand of implied (at least) censorship, or even a desire to present a more palatable picture for home consumption. We suppose that will never be known, but for all that, the book is an interesting and valuable contribution to our knowledge of what the Western Front was really like.