The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II (Audiobook)

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Автор: Charles Glass

Название: The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II / Дезертиры : скрытая история Второй мировой войны

Издательство: Penguin

Год: 2013

ISBN: 162064925X

Формат: MP3

Размер: 366 МБ

Текст читает: Barry Press

Язык: Английский

Время звучания: 13:12:00

Качество: 64 kbps

Описание: 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 inexplicable 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 frontline 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. The core of The Deserters resides with men such as Private Stephen Weiss, an idealistic boy from Brooklyn who enlisted at seventeen.

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