The art of the war memoir

On another special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and
guests look at the war memoir. How have war memoirs shaped our
understanding of wars? Has the art and the role of the memoir
changed over time? And will the ones written today similarly
influence how future generations will remember the wars of our
time?


Contributors


Francis Dearnley (The Telegraph’s Assistant Comment Editor)


Dr. Matilda Greig (Historian at the National Army Museum in
London, specialising in the Napoleonic period)


Colin Freeman (Journalist and author)


'Dead Men Telling Tales, Napoleonic War Veterans and the
Military Memoir Industry, 1808-1914' by Matilda Greig, is
available here:


https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dead-men-telling-tales-9780192896025?cc=es&lang=en


'Curse of the Al Dulaimi Hotel : And Other Half-Truths
from Baghdad', by Colin Freeman, is available here:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Curse-Al-Dulaimi-Hotel-Half-Truths/dp/1906308020


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