The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781605980164 (1605980161)
ASIN: 1605980161
Publish date: January 17th 2009
Publisher: Pegasus
Pages no: 589
Edition language: English
the first extended war book I'm ranking @3 rather than 4 or above; much of the problem has to do with Hart's method to merely quote from letters from soldiers, 50% of the material. i can take an oral history presented as such; i can take a history book. the hybrid feels like filler. 3/5