Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic
by:
Paul Fussell (author)
One day during World War II, one of America's most distinguished commentators on 20th-century life lost all respect for humanity when he was ill treated by members of the German Wehrmacht. This wonderfully angry memoir explains how Fussell's harrowing war experience gave him a subversive...
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One day during World War II, one of America's most distinguished commentators on 20th-century life lost all respect for humanity when he was ill treated by members of the German Wehrmacht. This wonderfully angry memoir explains how Fussell's harrowing war experience gave him a subversive sensibility that shaped the next 50 years of his life as a Harvard Ph.D, a professor of literature, and as a respected critic. Black-and-white photos.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316290616 (0316290610)
Publish date: January 7th 1998
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Fussell's preparation for war was limited. ROTC was “a wonderland” of marching and snappy uniforms. Nothing was mentioned of “tree bursts and Graves Registration” or trench foot, nor that first-aid kits were adequate for bullet holes but hardly for a “foot blown off by a Schumine.” They soon realize...
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