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Retreat, a Story of 1918 by Charles R. Benstead was first published in England in 1930, as the genre of Great War fiction was shifting from positive accounts of combat heroism toward narratives of disillusionment and loss. Benstead's novel spans both phases through its tragic portrayal of an army chaplain driven to madness when his orthodox values hold no sway against the bloody realities of war and through its heartening vision of how devotion to duty can fortify soldiers' sense of purpose and self-worth in the absence of spiritual faith. In this theater of battle, Benstead captures the cruel injustices of the war as he knew it and the inadequacies of religion to address the harsh circumstances on the front.
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"The great achievement of the book is the natural way in which the writer takes us from the lonely afflicted [Padre] Warne to brilliantly described scenes on the battlefield or to the brigade office."--Times Literary Supplement
"Here is something that is well worthy of a place alongside All Quiet on the Western Front."--The Guardian
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Charles R. Benstead (1896-1980) served with distinction as an artillery officer in World War I and as a naval training officer in World War II. He wrote eleven other books on topics ranging from naval combat to Cambridge history, though none approached the critical and commercial success of Retreat.
Hugh Cecil is an honorary lecturer at the University of Leeds and cofounder of the Second World War Experience Centre in Leeds, United Kingdom. His numerous publications include The Flower of Battle: How Britain Wrote the Great War, Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced, and At the Eleventh Hour with Peter H. Liddle.
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- PublisherUniv of South Carolina Pr
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 157003768X
- ISBN 13 9781570037689
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages317
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