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I recommend reading George Orwell's collected letters and essays from this period of time, to get a feel for what it was like living through it without the bene

I recommend reading George Orwell's collected letters and essays from this period of time, to get a feel for what it was like living through it without the benefit of hindsight. (this is up to 1940) https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Essays-Journalism-Letters-George/dp/1567921337 https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Essays-Journalism-Letters-G... There are other volumes, such as this covering 1940-43: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Essays-Journalism-Letters-George/dp/1567921345 https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Essays-Journalism-Letters-G...

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His other books are also great - though not particularly relevant to the subject at hand. ‘Down and out in Paris and London’ is painful but eye opening. ‘Homage to Catalonia’ is good. In it, Orwell’s description of trench warfare is completely horrifying, it made my heart race reading it.