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Title: Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce
ISBN: 0452283671
Author:
Stanley Weintraub
Publicate Date: 2002-10-29
Publish: 2002-10-29
List Price: $15.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Why Not Always?
The book was, in my opinion, well written and thoroughly researched. Much of it included letters home written by soldiers of both sides, which I found interesting to read.
This book, without intending (I don't think), makes the point that politicians and old men declare wars, while it is the young who must fight and die. Most of the soldiers had no qualms with the other side, and some even made friends, as you'll learn through reading.
I read this book in only a couple days. It's a fast read, but not the type of book to read in one afternoon.
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2: Hard to put the book down
Three or four years ago there were a number of features on NPR and elsewhere about The Christmas Truce of 1914. The story is amazing and simple at the same time. I wondered what more could be added in a full book. The author fleshes out the story with lots of detail added from many sources.
While the story is amazing, I found the book to be a broader study of fraternization between opposing soldiers. That has been going on through the centuries. In the Battle of Chattanooga during the US Civil War opposing soldiers sometimes crossed the Tennessee River for card games and dances together. This book explains how and why enemies can share time together in friendly pursuits.
I had always wondered about the language barrier in The Christmas Truce, but many of the German soldiers had worked in London as waiters and had learned English. One English soldier met his old barber among the German soldiers in the other trenches, and even got a haircut from him on the battlefield!
The book is very interesting to read and worth the time, although, I found the "What if..." chapter not that useful.
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3: Silent night
On Christmas day our Pastor included parts of this book in his sermon.
He did not have all the facts, so as a present we sent him this book.
He wrote us a kind thank you note stating how much he enjoyed the book.
Food for thought.
thanks
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4: Thank you
I saw a thing on the history channel, and it was breif, and at the end so I didn't get the whole story, so I hope this books helps.
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5: fascinating
This book gave me for the first a real understanding of the Christmas Truce in No Man's Land in 1914. To see details of the events from all sides was great. It made me wonder why they just went back to the killing after it.
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