Download or read book A Dirty Swindle written by Walter Stephen and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Stephen provides an uninhibited look at the misery and toil of World War I through a collection of twelve stories. Providing a Scottish perspective, he takes a look at reports from home and abroad with scepticism, delving deeper to unveil the unencumbered truth. Recalling Siegfried Sassoon's words, Stephen reveals the failures of those in command as the Great War became known as A Dirty Swindle. The varied accounts chronicle the progress of troops from recruitment to training to the frontline, as well as revealing a side of Field Marshal Haig never seen before.