Peter Hart was the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum for nearly 40 years. A prolific military history author, he has appeared in various television programmes, acted as a guide for the army, runs his own battlefield tour company and has a successful weekly podcast series Pete & Gary's Military History.
'Excellent ... a raw and visceral, bird's-eye view of the action from the men who were there' - Saul David 'What Hart has done superbly is to weave many voices into one seamless narrative ... Conveys in sobering detail the relentless grind of modern warfare' - Simon Griffith 'Dramatic and horrific scenes ... Peter Hart puts us in the shoes of the soldiers who served in tanks in the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry' - BBC History Magazine Praise for Peter Hart: 'A superb account of the tactics that finally brought victory on the Western Front' - Max Hastings 'Thought provoking, erudite, yet eminently readable and entertaining: Peter Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers' - Richard van Emden