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From: 'Hog on 12 Nov 2009 06:06 Veggie Dave wrote: > Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote the following literary masterpiece: >> Can anyone recommend a very good book on the First World War. > > And on a related note, can anyone recommend a book on de Gaulle and > his attitude to working with the Allies during WWII? Hardehar Two of Churchills great mistakes. Not using two bullets on Stalin and De Gaulle. -- Hog
From: Timo at Work on 12 Nov 2009 06:17 On Nov 12, 10:31 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 12 Nov, 10:17, Timo at Work <tim...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > For fiction/fictionalised accounts, "All quiet on the Western Front" > > is probably hard to beat. So good it was banned in Germany. But of > > course it's less about the war and more about how soldiers experienced > > said war. Not what you'd call a pleasant read either. > > [1] And film. At least, the early b/w one, which is the only version > I've ever seen, is. No idea if they did any remakes. I don't think they did. Oh, and the film was banned in Germany after '33 as well, IIRC. Again, I consider that a recommendation.
From: ogden on 12 Nov 2009 06:24 Champ wrote: > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:58:09 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: > > >Champ wrote: > >> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:48 +0000, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> >not me, but if you want a /novel/ set in a bit of WW1 that's rarely > >> >discussed, try "An Ice-cream war", by William Boyd. > >> > >> Noted, ta. I loved "Any Human Heart" by Boyd, recommmended by you > >> iirc. F read my copy this year and really enjoyed it too. > > > >You've probably already read it, but (most of) Birdsong is quite good. > > Yep, I have read it, and liked it quite a lot. The first half is > better than the second, mind. > > >Download a hooky copy of Oh What A Lovely War. > > Isn't that a musical? Yeah, but it's a musical made up entirely of songs from the Great War. Quite poignant in places. -- ogden
From: JeremyR on 12 Nov 2009 06:38 Timo at Work <timohg(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:b9ca73ce-08da-4eac-8d62- cba8fa5cdada(a)v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com: > On Nov 12, 10:31�am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: >> On 12 Nov, 10:17, Timo at Work <tim...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > For fiction/fictionalised accounts, "All quiet on the Western Front" >> > is probably hard to beat. So good it was banned in Germany. But of >> > course it's less about the war and more about how soldiers experienced >> > said war. Not what you'd call a pleasant read either. >> >> [1] And film. At least, the early b/w one, which is the only version >> I've ever seen, is. No idea if they did any remakes. > > I don't think they did. Oh, and the film was banned in Germany after > '33 as well, IIRC. Again, I consider that a recommendation. > It was remade (in 79 with John Boy Walton in the leading role . Original is better altho remake is not too bad. Details here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1979_film) -- Jeremy Ireland FJR1300ABS GSX-R750K7
From: Pete Fisher on 12 Nov 2009 06:59
In communiqu� <mipnf5pm48f465gt2rffa5enlsfseeqe8n(a)4ax.com>, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:58:09 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: > >>Champ wrote: >>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:48 +0000, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> >not me, but if you want a /novel/ set in a bit of WW1 that's rarely >>> >discussed, try "An Ice-cream war", by William Boyd. >>> >>> Noted, ta. I loved "Any Human Heart" by Boyd, recommmended by you >>> iirc. F read my copy this year and really enjoyed it too. >> >>You've probably already read it, but (most of) Birdsong is quite good. > >Yep, I have read it, and liked it quite a lot. The first half is >better than the second, mind. > You meant the rumpy-pumpy half. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster [ SPACE ! ] Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |