Review: Interesting read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
Ok, I know this is a lot of propaganda.  It was written during WW-I by the Dept. of War.  In spite of this, the story is a good fairly well written story of a young army private in the British army during the early part of the war.  His story could have been written by a German or a Frenchman.  The privation and horror of that war make the US excursions into Iraq or Afghanistan seem mild.  The losses in KIA and MIA in one battle exceed our losses in both wars in total.That is not to demean the quality of the current US military, there is none better.  That is why our losses are relatively low today.This reader as a former Marine admires the intestinal fortitude of the young men that fought in that miserable GD war.  Their stories need to not be forgotten.I just wish this book were written in more contemporary English.