is a short book that tries to distill the experience of the average American soldier in the Normandy campaign. Fussell argues that sentimentality has grown up around the campaign. Not sure I buy this myself but, whatever.So what we get is a gritty look at infantry fighting. It's based around a handful of accounts some of which are pretty standard for the campaign. There are one or two completely new sources which was nice. I could see giving this book to someone who didn't know much about the soldiers experience but, for someone like me who's done quite a bit of reading it didn't really add much.
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