Diary of a Dead Officer, The

By West, Arthur Graeme

Book Id: WPLBN0002954320
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File Size: 107.38 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Diary of a Dead Officer, The
Author:	West, Arthur Graeme
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, History, Memoirs
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Diary of a Dead Officer, The
Historic Publication Date:	1919
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Graeme West, B. A. (1919). Diary of a Dead Officer, The. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

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Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most vivid accounts of daily life in the trenches. It chronicles West's increasing disillusion with war and his move toward pacifist and atheist beliefs. The final part consists of his powerful war poems, including God, How I Hate You, You Young Cheerful Men , and Night Patrol . West was killed by a sniper in 1917. In view of some of his poems, one wonders if death was not unwelcome. (Introduction adapted from Wikipedia by Ruth Golding)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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History, Memoirs