a book
The Soldiers’ Tale
Samuel Hynes · 1997 · 318 pages
Reflecting the fact that this has been the century of the literate soldier, and drawing upon servicemen's memoirs from the two World Wars and Vietnam, Hynes shows us how war looks to a soldier in the field and eloquently conveys how cruel, disgusting and terrifying war is for the individual.
recommended by 1 person
sourced from public statements
Ken Burns
“A Marine pilot who flew more than 100 missions out of Okinawa, Sam is now a professor emeritus at Princeton. He’s the first talking head you see in our film, and the first thing he says is, ‘There’s no such thing as a good war, there are only necessary wars.’ The same kinds of literate observations fill The Soldiers’ Tale.”↗