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I read this not long after I changed my major from Literature to History, but in many ways this combines the best of both disciplines. A strikingly vivid account of life in the trenches in WWI, it is also an unsparing and unsentimental look at the consequences of disastrous military and political decisions. Viewing the war through one man's eyes has, of course, been done countless times in literature and film since Remarque's seminal work, but still this stands head and shoulders above its succe
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Beautiful book; Also very quiet in tone; It's amazing how the writer manages to convey violence in such a quiet way. No fancy language here, just solid storytelling.
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May 07, 2007
Becca
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Read for AP European History in high school.
This is a very moving and realistic look at war from a young soldiers perspective.
This is a very moving and realistic look at war from a young soldiers perspective.
A great look at the human toll of war.
Oct 24, 2008
Jim
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it was amazing
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Ching-In
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