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Advantages: Tackles difficult issues often ignored by conventional text books. An incredibly absorbing, moving, horrific account of conflict
Disadvantages: Chilling and makes me angry.

A friend passed this book on to me saying it was something I really should read. She knows how impassioned I can become about the morality of war, just or unjust. While this book makes no claim to being a historical chronicle it is by its very nature a testament of the innocent casualties of warfare and the moral ambiguities during times of conflict. I am no literary critic but would like to share my thoughts on this read. The book was (and still ...
...by her own admission a journalist who had travelled to Russia before the war and spoke some of the language. Marta Hiller's literary executor refuses to comment but in academic circles it is widely believed the author is Marta. This book was first published in England and America in translation in 1954. The German publication a few years later caused much outrage and was accused of 'besmirching the honour of German woman'. The author was so distressed ... Read review

Advantages: Very emotional and truthful book - with accounts, extra context and pictures
Disadvantages: Can get very emotipanl and rather painful to read at times - the truth can hurt

...is extremely emotional and shocking. Forgotten voices of the great war: A history of ww1 in the words of men and women who were there. I was given this book as a Christmas present last year and at first it did not look as appealing as a traditional textbook, but after beginning to read it i was instantly attached to it and found myself enthralled in the true stories and facts about what was meant to be"the war to end all wars". When reading this ...
...feel as if you are actually here and experiencing this dreadful time. The book is split into several different sections and follows in chronological order through the years of 1914 to 1918. It includes extracts and "voices" from hundreds of different people involved in the war, be it men or women of all ages. There is also some context around the accounts which indicates what particular part of the war they are to do with and makes them much more ... Read review