The Legion of Marching Madmen: Experiences of a British Soldier on Campaign in Mesopotamia During the First World War

Impressions of the war along the Tigris

The author of this book was well known under several pseudonyms for the writing of military accounts, either based on his own experiences or those of an Australian soldier or legionnaire of the French Foreign Legion. The writing style might seem sensationalist, and that could lead readers to speculate about how much of the narrative is genuine. However, that concern was ever a consideration of the military memoir-regardless of how soberly 'the facts' ...