The Great War and Modern Memory
- ISBN-10
- 0199971951
- ISBN-13
- 9780199971954
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-08
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- Paul Fussell
Description
A new edition of Paul Fussell's literate, literary, and illuminating account of the Great War, now a classic text of literary and cultural criticism.
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