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Read it! It doesn't "pick up" and turn into the Tom Clancy novel you expect, but it sure carry a punch when it comes to descibing the life of the average soldiers in the trenches. The most remarkable reature of this book is that it's somehow timeless. It could be any war or conflict anywhere on the globe, the main feature of this book is how the bonds between the group of soldiers is strengthened by the situation they are suffering under. Someone once said that it was pretty ironic that the nazi's banned this book as pasifist propaganda, since it was one of the books that really inspired people to join the army in order to experience the commradeship between front-soldiers... This book is to war-novels what the movie "Das Boot" was to later U-boat movies. |
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intresting, i will!
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It's a classic. One of the finest books about the common solider. Read it.
Sgt. Rafael Peralta ,United States Marine Corps Company A, 1st Bn, 3rd Marine Regt, 3rd Marine Divison We will never forget your valor and sacrifice. Semper Fi ! |
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| | Will do sir, gonna find it in my book collection.
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You have to read it, though it might not be the action-packed thriller you want. It should be on the (nonexistent) required reading list before joining the military, IMHO.
Lieutenant Junior Grade, USN |
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alrighty........
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"The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools" Thucydides | |
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Its a great book! Must read, even if you are not joining the military. A classic military novel that keeps your attention, even though it isn't extremely action packed.
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| | Christmas Truce 1914 info
An altogether different episode on the Western Front was the Christmas Day Truce of 1914. http://www.kinnethmont.co.uk/1914-19...xmas-truce.htm and http://www.1914-1918.net/truce.htm Both are a fascinating read. |
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