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The book centers on Paul Bäumer, a German soldier on the Western Front during World War I. Before the war, Paul lived with his parents and sister in a charming German village. He attended school, where the patriotic speeches of his teacher Kantorek led the whole class to volunteer for the Imperial German Army shortly after the start of the ...
The book could also be purchased as a two-volume set during Hitler's rule and was available in soft cover and hardcover. The soft cover edition contained the original cover (as pictured at the top of this article). The hardcover edition had a leather spine with cloth-covered boards. The cover and spine contained an image of three brown oak leaves.
Voices Against War: A Century of Protest – Lyn Smith, 2009 [35] War and Democracy – Paul Gottfried, 2012; War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning – Chris Hedges, 2003; War Is a Lie – David Swanson, 2010; War Is a Racket – former U.S. Marine Major General Smedley Butler speech, 1933 and pamphlet, 1935; We Will Not Cease – Archibald ...
The panel met periodically and voted on titles. Selected books were republished and labeled "Imperative" of the front cover with an emblazoned large 'I'. [1] Council members, which included publishers, were obligated to advertise these books even if they were published by a competitor.
The government and war engine remains on the surface; the elite "Yance-men". Their president, Talbot Yancy, delivers inspirational speeches to the tankers, motivating them to increase their production of leadies and win the war. The war does eventually end. However, the Yance-men design a conspiracy to maintain the wealth of the Earth for ...
Undertones of War is a 1928 memoir of the First World War, written by English poet Edmund Blunden.As with two other famous war memoirs—Siegfried Sassoon's Sherston trilogy, and Robert Graves' Good-Bye to All That—Undertones represents Blunden's first prose publication, [1] and was one of the earliest contributors to the flurry of Great War books to come out of England in the late 1920s and ...
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II is a history book written by John W. Dower and published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1999. [1] The book covers the difficult social, economic, cultural and political situation of Japan in the aftermath of World War II and the nation's occupation by the Allies between August 1945 and April 1952, delving into topics such as the administration ...
Finally in 1945 he left the war with the final rank of Captain and worked as an engineer. Vasily Zaitsev's highest awards include: Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner (twice), Order of the Patriotic War (First Class), Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad and the Medal for the Victory Over Germany.