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WWI Reading

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  • 12-11-2008 10:37am
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    Mr. Presentable
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    Given that it's almost a century since the outbreak of the Great War, I thought I'd learn something about it.

    Please recommend some good materials for a casual reader.


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    Lizzykins
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    If you want fiction try All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque or Birdsong by Sebastian Foulkes.
    Non Fiction is a bit harder but you could look at Letters from a Lost Generation edited by Alan Bishop and Mark Bostridge or The Western Front by Richard Holmes.
    If you have an interest in poetry try Anthem for Doomed Youth by Jon Stallworthy. Those are all on my bookshelf and are a good start. Most of them deal with the war from a personal viewpoint of soldiers and those left behind.


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    Mr. Presentable
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    Thanks Lizzykins. I suppose what I'm after would deal with the root causes of the conflict and how it developed. Definitley not interested in fiction!


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