This is a tremendous book, one of the first I've read which encapsulated the First World War experience for military personel and civilians (inclusive of children, such as Yves Congar, a young boy who kept a pictorial diary of his experiences of living under German occupation in the town of Sedan, F...
I loved this book! My dad gave this book to me several years ago, and now I'm totally kicking myself for not reading it earlier. It's a collection of diary entries and letters home from soldiers, doctors, and even a few children (who are civilians, not soldiers). It follows about thirty people, s...