Just a bump to see what you thought of it. I just reread it and realised the actual war part is relatively minor, still a good book though.
Well I reread the Regeneration series and a couple of the other books mentioned here first, so I’m only about ten pages in. I should probably get off the Dope and go read more!
“The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I” by Thomas Fleming
“1918: No Man’s Land” by John Toland
“Upstairs, Downstairs” was one of the greatest TV series ever and was at it’s best when the two families of 165 Eaton Place (as Hazel once described them) dealt with the World War. The sight of Lady Prudence Fairfax dressed as a German soldier to raise money for the war effort “Richard would want us to just ask for money. But people only give if they can see their friends dress up and make fools of themselves on stage” is not to be missed.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles tries to have Indy serve in every known front of the war and can be a bit cartoony. But I treasure the scene when in the Belgian Army, he tries to explain the war’s origin to his Belgian comrades “We are fighting the Germans in France because a Serbian terrorist killed an Austrian arch duke??? Really???”.
I found the film of Regeneration a pretty good watch too.
There’s a film? Oh my. This I’ve got to see. What year?
I recall Jonathan Pryce and Jonny Lee Miller’s performances as being excellent although I haven’t seen it since it came out.