Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce
by Stanley Weintraub
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Author: Stanley WeintraubEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-29
ISBN: 0452283671
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Plume
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- ISBN13: 9780452283671
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "We were soon conversing as if we had known each other for years..."
Summary: 4 Stars
Yes, this is a short, disjointed book and Stanley Weintraub's main role is to collect and introduce each anecdote. And yet, the Christmas Truce of 1914 was itself brief, unplanned and certainly not put into effect all along the front. It could never have ended the war, and yet this fragile, against-the-odds moment of peace offers an heartbreaking view of humanity surfacing in the most inhuman conditions.
Through letters, diaries and fictionalised recreations, Weintraub recreates the story as it unfolded, as men from opposing nations fraternized and as it unspectacularly ended. He also allows a fanciful "what if" scenario to speculate on what would have happened had the first World War stopped there; however, the bulk of the story comes from the recollections of the men in the trenches, the ones who saw "the Wonderful Day" happen, and Weintraub does a fine job of weaving the threads together. It is a beautiful and moving story, and in the end profoundly sad.
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