Ghosts of War

Ghosts of War recounts the First World War through poetry and prose, tracing the conflict from its origins and opening hostilities to the Armistice. Andrew Ferguson brings together the words of more than 100 poets and writers, including Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, to present the fighting, suffering, courage and occasional humour of wartime experience.

The book broadens its view beyond the usual English account, including contributions from Europe and America while giving particular attention to Scotland’s part in the fighting and in wartime literature. Its scope reaches from the Western and Eastern Fronts to Italy, the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa, the Far East and the struggle for control of the seas.