Soldiers Tale Bearing Witness to Modern War
Samuel Hynes
318 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0670865850
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Language: English
Publish: 852105600000
American HistoryHistoryLiteratureMilitary FictionMilitary HistoryNonfictionSociologyWarWorld War II
Reflecting the fact that this has been the century of the literate soldier, and drawing upon servicemen’s memoirs from the two World Wars and Vietnam, Hynes shows us how war looks to a soldier in the field and eloquently conveys how cruel, disgusting and terrifying war is for the individual.