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  • Paths of Glory

    by Humphrey Cobb ...
    The anti-war masterpiece that became an iconic motion picture-now with a foreword by the creator of the acclaimed HBO(tm) series The WireFamiliar to many as the Stanley Kubrick film starring Kirk Douglas, Paths of Glory explores the perilous complications involved in what nations demand of their soldiers in wartime. Humphrey Cobb's protagonists are Frenchmen during the First World War whose ... Read more

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  • Paths of Glory

    by Humphrey Cobb ...
    Series series The World At War
    "Paths of Glory", written in 1935, takes place in the French army during World War I. An exhausted regiment is charged with the task of seizing an impregnable ger stronghold. The mission fails, with fifty percent casualties, enraging the egomaniac general who promised victory to his superiors; three soldiers, as division representatives, are subsequently court-martialled and executed for ... Read more

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  • The Escape of a Princess Pat

    First published in 1918. "In order to remove all question of doubt in the mind of the reader it might perhaps be well to state here that the facts as given are thebona fide experiences of Corporal Edwards, Number 39, Number One Company, P. P. C. L. I., and as such were subjected to the closest scrutiny both by the author and others before it was deemed advisable to give the account to the public. ... Read more

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  • A Passionate Prodigality

    Fragments of Autobiography

    by Guy Chapman ...
    This classic WWI memoir by a decorated infantryman and historian presents a vivid account of life in the trenches on the Western Front.During World War One, Major Guy Chapman, OBE MC, served in the Royal Fusiliers and was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. Joining soon after war was declared, Chapman was stationed in France and fought in the Battle of Arras.When Chapman's memoir, A ... Read more

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  • Fighting in flanders

    Nothing is more unwise, on general principles ... Read more

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  • Pushed and the Return Push

    "Pushed" by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols is a compelling exploration of human resilience and the struggle against adversity. The narrative follows the journey of its protagonist as they navigate through life's challenges, pushing against the constraints imposed by society and personal circumstances. Nichols masterfully weaves themes of determination, hope, and the quest for identity, inviting ... Read more

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  • With the French in France and Salonika

    This book was written during the three last months of 1915 and the first month of this year in the form of letters from France, Greece, Serbia, and England. The writer visited ten of the twelve sectors of the French front, seeing most of them from the first trench, and was also on the French-British front in the Balkans. Outside of Paris the French cities visited were Verdun, Amiens, St. Die, ... Read more

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  • Storm of Steel. Illustrated

    by Ernst Jünger ...
    Translated by Basil Creighton ...
    Storm of Steel. Illustrated is a gripping and intensely personal account of World War I, written by German soldier and philosopher Ernst Jünger. Based on his frontline experiences, this classic war memoir provides a vivid, unfiltered portrayal of the brutal reality of combat, capturing both the horrors and the exhilaration of battle. Jünger fought on the Western Front, enduring some of the most ... Read more

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  • Captured!

    A Prison Escape Story

    “The whole wide country was in a bloody, frenzied turmoil—fighting everywhere. Civil war was raging wherever the Red Guards of Lenin set foot. It was an ideal time for an escape—provided one did not value one’s safety too much, and did not care what happened.”Captured! is the autobiography of World War I Austrian POW Ferdinand Horvath who is taken prisoner on the front lines in 1914 and sent to a ... Read more

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  • Captured!

    Captured! is the prison escape story of World War I Austrian POW Ferdinand Horvath who is taken captive on the front lines in 1914 and sent to a concentration camp in Siberia. There he endures brutal conditions for two and a half years until one day fate presents an opportunity for escape. Against impossible odds, Horvath flees the frozen fortress undetected and attempts to make his way across war ... Read more

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  • In the Claws of the German Eagle

    The horrible and incomprehensible hates and brutalities of the European War! Unspeakable atrocities! Men blood-lusting like a lot of tigers! Horrible they are indeed. But my experiences in the war zone render them no longer incomprehensible. For, while over there, in my own blood I felt the same raging beasts. Over there, in my own soul I knew the shattering of my most cherished principles. It is ... Read more

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  • The Log of a Noncombatant

    by Horace Green ...
    In the following pages the ego is thickly spread. Their publication is the result of persuasion from many sources that, before returning to the war zone, I should put into connected form my personal experiences as correspondent during the first year of the War of Nations. A few of these adventures were mentioned in news letters from the Continent, where I limited myself so far as possible to ... Read more

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