{"product_id":"german-students-war-letters-paperback","title":"German Students' War Letters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilipp Witkop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. F. Wedd\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJay Winter\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally appearing at the same time as the pacifist novel \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e, this powerful collection provides a glimpse into the hearts and minds of an enemy that had been thoroughly demonized by the Allied press. Composed by German students who had left their university studies in order to participate in World War I, these letters reveal the struggles and hardships that all soldiers face. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stark brutality and surrealism of war are revealed as young men from Germany describe their bitter combat and occasional camaraderie with soldiers from many nations, including France, Great Britain, and Russia. Like its companion volume, \u003ci\u003eWar Letters of Fallen Englishmen\u003c\/i\u003e, these letters were carefully selected for their depth of perception, the intensity of their descriptions, and their messages to future generations. \"Should these letters help towards the establishment of justice and better understanding between nations,\" the editor reflects in his introduction, \"their deaths will not have been in vain.\" This edition contains a new foreword by the distinguished World War I historian Jay Winter.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilipp Witkop (1880-1942) was a German writer and literary critic whose books include Die Neuere Deutsche Lyrik (1910) and Goethe: Leben und Werk (1931). Jay Winter, Professor of History at Yale University, is the author of many books, including Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History. He was cowriter and chief historian for the PBS series The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century, which won an Emmy award in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 7.46 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45675705991212,"sku":"9780812218169","price":47.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/vf6h9UG1hT9780812218169.webp?v=1781775568","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/german-students-war-letters-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}