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The narrative explores the profound friendship between war poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, set against the backdrop of World War I's brutal realities. Both men, grappling with their roles as soldiers and their experiences of trauma, find solace and inspiration at Craiglockhart War Hospital. Their bond fosters artistic expression while illuminating the psychological toll of modern warfare, particularly the emergence of PTSD. Through their journeys and the era's literary response, the book reveals how creativity serves as a means to process and understand the horrors of conflict.

An elegantly written and highly informative account of a group of Americans living in Paris when the city fell to the Nazis in June 1940.

What are the origins of the Syrian crisis, and why did no one do anything to stop it? Since the upsurge of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Syrian civil war has claimed in excess of 200,000 lives, with an estimated 8 million Syrians, more than a third of the country’s population, forced to flee their homes. Militant Sunni groups, such as ISIS, have taken control of large swathes of the nation. The impact of this catastrophe is now being felt on the streets of Europe and the United States. Veteran Middle East expert Charles Glass combines reportage, analysis, and history to provide an accessible overview of the origins and permutations defining the conflict. He also gives a powerful argument for why the West has failed to get to grips with the consequences of the crisis.

The updated edition by Charles Glass delves into the aftermath of the Syrian conflict, detailing how the Assad government has managed to maintain power amid widespread devastation and suffering. It explores the complexities of the ongoing crises in Syria, highlighting the impact on the population and the unresolved tensions that persist. This comprehensive account offers insights into the political landscape and the human toll of the war, making it a crucial read for understanding contemporary Syria.

Set against a backdrop of scientific exploration, this unique novel explores themes of marriage and human relationships in an imaginative Martian setting. Recognized for its historical significance, it has been meticulously reformatted and redesigned for contemporary readers. The work contributes to the genres of Language and Literature, particularly within American and Canadian literature, ensuring its relevance for both present and future generations.

A fast-paced narrative history of World War II centered on the little explored subject of deserters A tale that redefines the ordinary soldier in the Second World War, The Deserters is a breathtaking work of historical reportage, weaving together the lives of forgotten servicemen even as it overturns the assumptions and prejudices of an era. The Deserters reveals that ordinary soldiers viewed “desertion” as a natural part of conflict, as unexpected and unexplainable as bravery. Men who had fought fearlessly in the mountains of Italy were cowering wrecks a year later in the mountains of France; a man who fled from tanks in the desert showed superior courage in the D-Day amphibious landings. Many front-line soldiers saw no shame in these contradictory reactions and sought ways to comfort their comrades to fight another day. With all the grace and pace of a novel, The Deserters moves beyond the false extremes of courage and cowardice to reveal the true experience of the Allied soldier. This is the story of men such as Private Alfred Whitehead, a Tennessee farm boy who earned Silver and Bronze stars for bravery in Normandy—yet became a gangster in post-liberation Paris, robbing Allied supply depots along with restaurants and ordinary citizens. It is the story of British soldiers such as Private John Bain, who deserted three times but fought well in North Africa and northern France until German machine-gun fire cut his legs from under him. The core of The Deserters resides with men such as Private Stephen Weiss, an idealistic boy from Brooklyn who enlisted at seventeen. On the Anzio beachhead and in the Ardennes forest, as an ordinary infantryman and an accidental partisan in the French Resistance, Weiss shed his illusions about the nobility of conflict and the infallibility of the American military. Leading us through the moral twists and turns of The Deserters is Charles Glass, renowned journalist and author of the critically acclaimed Americans in Paris . Meticulously researched and deeply revelatory, The Deserters remains at its heart an unforgettable war story that, like the very best of the genre, deals with ordinary men struggling to fulfill the vast and contradictory expectations imposed upon them.