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Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII

Door Mary Louise Roberts

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#390961-ZF6
Titel	Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII
Auteur	Roberts, Mary Louise
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Chicago/London : University of Chicago Press
Jaar van uitgave	2021
ISBN10	022675314X
ISBN13	9780226753140
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original brown boards, dust jacket, numerous illustrations (including photographs) in b/w, small maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Marching across occupied France in 1944, American GI Leroy Stewart had neither death nor glory on his mind: he was worried about his underwear, which was engaged in a relentless crawl of its own. Similar complaints of physical discomfort pervade infantrymen's memories of the European theater, whether the soldiers were British, American, German, or French. Wet, freezing misery with no end in sight—this was life for millions of enlisted men during World War II. Sheer Misery trains a humane and unsparing eye on the corporeal experiences of the soldiers who fought in Belgium, France, and Italy during the last two years of the war. In the horrendously unhygienic and often lethal conditions of the front line, their bodies broke down, stubbornly declaring their needs for warmth, rest, and ... (Lees verder)good nutrition. Feet became too swollen to march, fingers too frozen to pull triggers; stomachs cramped, and diarrhea stained underwear and pants. Turning away from the accounts of high-level military strategy that dominate many WWII chronicles, acclaimed historian Mary Louise Roberts instead relies on diaries and letters to bring to life visceral sense memories like the moans of the "screaming meemies," the acrid smell of cordite, and the shockingly mundane sight of rotting corpses. As Roberts writes, "For soldiers who fought, the war was above all about their bodies."
Pagina's	199
Conditie	Goed — Name and year on title page.
Prijs	€ 18,00

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