num_pages: 318
description: Reflecting the fact that this has been the century of the literate soldier, and drawing upon servicemen's memoirs from the two World Wars and Vietnam, Hynes shows us how war looks to a soldier in the field and eloquently conveys how cruel, disgusting and terrifying war is for the individual.
language: English
title: Soldiers Tale Bearing Witness to Modern War
titlecomplete: Soldiers Tale Bearing Witness to Modern War
genres: Politics, Literature, Military Fiction, American History, War, Nonfiction, Sociology, History, Military History, World War II
ratings_count: 136
publisher: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press/Viking Penguin/Penguin Books USA Inc.