Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce
by Stanley Weintraub
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Author: Stanley WeintraubEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-29
ISBN: 0452283671
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Plume
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Book Review: A wonderful look at a very special Christmas
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1914, as the Great War turned from a glorious adventure into a grinder of human meat, something unexpected and beautiful happened. When Christmas Eve arrived, quite against orders, peace mysteriously broke out. In many places along No-Man's Land, soldiers from the opposing armies mingled, traded trinkets, sang songs, and even played impromptu soccer matches. This is the story of that all too brief interlude in that human tragedy that was the First World War.The author of this book has brought together a wonderful book. It is a collection of anecdotes about that Christmas Truce, complete with a series of pictures. Being a minor student of that tragic war, I could not help but be touched by this story, being at times brought close to tears by some of the stories.
I must admit that I found the author's speculation on what might have happened if the opposing armies had decided to make the peace permanent to be quite fanciful, and rather anticlimactic. That said, though, this is a wonderful book, one that is quite informative on a little studied chapter of World War I. I highly recommend this book to all readers!
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