If
we don’t keep the Warrior in the mix, we become glorified social workers with
guns.
A
Police Officer
Title:
Verdun
Author:
Jules Romains
Publisher:
Alfred A Knopf 1939
Pages:
500
Content:
The Battle of Verdun took place over a period of months in 1916 and cost
980,000 casualties to the French and German armies. This book is a work of
historical fiction covering a period a few months prior to the Battle and the fight itself. Focussing on the
French forces, it touches upon characters from General Officers to Rankers. Its
strength is in the authors description of
the motivations, strengths and flaws of all of these personae. Drawing
upon a keen insight into the human character and psyche, Romains paints a
canvas of human frailty and strength with no-one individual being free of
either. There are no hero’s or villains; merely people caught up in an
Armageddon that surpasses the experience levels of even the veterans of the
story.
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