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For anyone interested in getting a big picture of both reality at the front and the cultural moment of Europe during the Great War, I recommend Modris Eksteins'
by fiatjaf 10y ago
For anyone interested in getting a big picture of both reality at the front and the cultural moment of Europe during the Great War, I recommend Modris Eksteins's Rites of Spring: https://www.amazon.com/Rites-Spring-Great-Birth-Modern/dp/0395937582 https://www.amazon.com/Rites-Spring-Great-Birth-Modern/dp/03...
Besides other interesting things, it contains a ton of evidence cited from soldier letters.
- mesofile 10y agoFor more in this vein: Lyn MacDonald's Somme is a highly regarded history of the battle told largely through first-person accounts.
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- gadders 10y agoI'd also recommend The Face of Battle by John Keegan. It covers Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme: "The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away." http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/275833.The_Face_of_Battle http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/275833.The_Face_of_Battle