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The Boys' Crusade
by Paul Fussell
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297646931
- ISBN 13
- 9780297646938
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About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good. 198mm / 132mm. Hardcover. 2004. 184 pages. <br>This book is a brilliant antidote to the military romanticism of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN or BAND OF BROTHERS. Part memo ir, part history, it presents a series of episodes from the arriv al of American troops in Britain through to the discovery of the concentration camps in early 1945. The experience of these young (often ... .
Synopsis
The Boys' Crusade is the great historian Paul Fussell's unflinching and unforgettable account of the American infantryman's experiences in Europe during World War II. Based in part on the author's own experiences, it provides a stirring narrative of what the war was actually like, from the point of view of the children--for children they were--who fought it. While dealing definitively with issues of strategy, leadership, context, and tactics, Fussell has an additional purpose: to tear away the veil of feel-good mythology that so often obscures and sanitizes war's brutal essence. "A chronicle should deal with nothing but the truth," Fussell writes in his Preface. Accord-ingly, he eschews every kind of sentimentalism, focusing instead on the raw action and human emotion triggered by the intimacy, horror, and intense sorrows of war, and honestly addressing the errors, waste, fear, misery, and resentments that plagued both sides. In the vast literature on World War II, The Boys' Crusade stands wholly apart. Fussell's profoundly honest portrayal of these boy soldiers underscores their bravery even as it deepens our awareness of their experiences. This book is both a tribute to their noble service and a valuable lesson for future generations.From the Hardcover edition.
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- bookexpress.co.nz
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3105c
- Title
- The Boys' Crusade
- Author
- Paul Fussell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0297646931
- ISBN 13
- 9780297646938
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
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