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Even now - 100 years on from the conflict - the image of trenches stretching across Western Europe - packed with young men clinging to life in horrendous conditions - remains a powerful reminder of one of the darkest moments in human history. In this excellent study of trench warfare on the Western Front - expert Dr Stephen Bull reveals the experience of life in the trenches - from length of service and coping with death and disease - to the uniforms and equipment given to soldiers on both sides of the conflict. He reveals how the trenches were constructed - the weaponry which was developed specifically for this new form of warfare - the tactics employed in mass attacks and the increasingly adept defensive methods designed to hold ground at all cost. Packed with photographs - illustrations - annotated trench maps - documents and first-hand accounts - this compelling narrative provides a richly detailed account of World War I - providing a soldiers-eye-view of life in the ominous trenches that scarred the land....