Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour - Softcover

Persico, Joseph E

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9780099445395: Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour

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ISBN 10: 0099445395 ISBN 13: 9780099445395

Publisher: Arrow, 2005

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'The futility of war - and the Great War in particular - has often been remarked upon, but it was carried to its logical, nonsensical conclusion on 11 November 1918. The prospect of peace appears to have left many with an unendurable sense of unfinished business, causing them to mount attacks even when war's end had been agreed. Almost 3,000 lost their lives in the last few hours before the Armistice: here their tragic story is poignantly told.' The Scotsman

Using military archives and public records, along with journals and diaries, Joseph Persico weaves together the eleventh hour experiences of the men in the trenches, unsung and unremembered, the British Tommies, French Poilus, American Doughboys and German Feldgrau. Where, for example, was the Austrian corporal, Adolf Hitler, on that day?

The pointless fighting on the last day of war is the perfect metaphor for the four years of senseless slaughter that preceded it. This book is sure to become the definitive history of the end of a conflict Winston Churchill called 'the hardest, cruellest, and least-rewarded of all the wars that have been fought.'

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Review:

"A powerful book" (Independent)

"A tragic story poignantly told" (Scotsman)

"Joe Persico has done the impossible - he has written an original book on World War I" (Thomas Fleming, author of THE ILLUSION OF VICTORY)

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The dramatic story of the last day of World War I told through the experiences of the ordinary men in the trenches and the famous people of the time.

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