Unknown Soldiers: The Story of the Missing of the First World War - Softcover

Hanson, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307276546 ISBN 13: 9780307276544

Verlag: VINTAGE, 2007

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" An unforgettable picture of life in the hottest sectors of the Western Front."
-- "The New York Times"
As good as anything I have read about World War I - hard to stomach but impossible to forget."
-- Paul Laskin, "The Seattle Times"
" Stunning. . . . "Unknown Soldiers" tells you vividly how it felt when the world, then believed to be on a firm foundation, began to stagger and crash."
-- "The Los Angeles Times"
" Hanson has rescued a rich store of letters from the attics of three nations, using them to remind readers both of the horrors of war and the obligations of memory."
-- "The Christian Science Monitor"

An unforgettable picture of life in the hottest sectors of the Western Front. The New York TimesAs good as anything I have read about World War I hard to stomach but impossible to forget. Paul Laskin, The Seattle Times Stunning. . . . Unknown Soldiers tells you vividly how it felt when the world, then believed to be on a firm foundation, began to stagger and crash. The Los Angeles Times Hanson has rescued a rich store of letters from the attics of three nations, using them to remind readers both of the horrors of war and the obligations of memory. The Christian Science Monitor"

"An unforgettable picture of life in the hottest sectors of the Western Front." --The New York TimesAs good as anything I have read about World War I - hard to stomach but impossible to forget." --Paul Laskin, The Seattle Times"Stunning. . . . Unknown Soldiers tells you vividly how it felt when the world, then believed to be on a firm foundation, began to stagger and crash." --The Los Angeles Times"Hanson has rescued a rich store of letters from the attics of three nations, using them to remind readers both of the horrors of war and the obligations of memory." --The Christian Science Monitor

-An unforgettable picture of life in the hottest sectors of the Western Front.- --The New York TimesAs good as anything I have read about World War I - hard to stomach but impossible to forget.- --Paul Laskin, The Seattle Times-Stunning. . . . Unknown Soldiers tells you vividly how it felt when the world, then believed to be on a firm foundation, began to stagger and crash.- --The Los Angeles Times-Hanson has rescued a rich store of letters from the attics of three nations, using them to remind readers both of the horrors of war and the obligations of memory.- --The Christian Science Monitor

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Focuses on the tragedy of the First World War by resurrecting the lives and experiences of three unknown soldiers--one English, one German, and one American--providing insight into these three soldiers' lives and revealing the Great War in all its horror and tragedy, based on each man's letters and diaries. Reprint.

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• Verlag: VINTAGE
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0307276546
• ISBN 13: 9780307276544
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 474