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The First World War from another perspective

Advantages: A history of the war from the point of view of the ordinary people affected by the conflict
Disadvantages: Arguably none

In simple terms the First World War, like most (if not all conflicts) has come down to us largely as a four-year sequence of events, an acknowledgement of defeat by one side, and a peace agreement. Yet there are many different ways of telling its histor ...

JOHNV 25.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War - Peter Englund

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